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Islamic

The Islamic collection contains c. 10,000 coins from across the Islamic world, with strong representation from the early caliphates (Umayyad and Abbasid) particularly in the region of Iraq and Iran. The collection is in the process of publication in the Sylloge of Islamic coins in the Ashmolean series (SICA) of which seven volumes have appeared so far – Volume 1 (The pre-reform coinage of the early Islamic period); volume 2 (Early post-reform coinage); volume 3 (Early Abbasid precious metal coinage); Volume 4 (Later Abbasid precious metal coinage); Volume 6 (The Egyptian dynasties); Volume 9 (Iran after the Mongol invasion); Volume 10 (Arabic and East Africa).

Islamic coin (HCR13606)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Azīz ‘Uthmān, 1193 - 1198, al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

593-4 AH (=AD 1197-1198)

Obverse

غازي / الملك الظاهر / ابن الملك النصر / يوسف, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded six pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two linear circles

Reverse

احمد / الامام الناصر / الملك العزيز / عثمن, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded six pointed star, enclosed by Arabic inscription in segments anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by beaded circle enclosed by two linear circles

Islamic coin (HCR12875)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān II as Sultan, 1196 - 1204

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

595 AH (=AD 1198-1199)

Obverse

none, Sultan on horseback to right, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

السلطان القاهر / سليمان بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscriptiona anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR12877)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān II as Sultan, 1196 - 1204

Mint

Rasht (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

595 AH (=AD 1198-1199)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback right on horseback, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

السلطان القاهر / سليمانشاه / بن قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13072)

Period

Islamic

Person

Quṭb al-Dīn Sukmān, 1185 - 1200

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

594 AH (=AD 1198)

Obverse

سنة اربع و تسعين ـ و خمس مائة, facing bust wearing helmet holding sceptre and orb, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise above to left and right

Reverse

الملك المسعود / قظب الدين سكمان / بن محمد بن قرا / ارسلان / الناصر امير / (المؤمنين), Arabic inscription in field and to right and left, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13073)

Period

Islamic

Person

Quṭb al-Dīn Sukmān, 1185 - 1200

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

594 AH (=AD 1198)

Obverse

سنة اربع و تسعين ـ و خمس مائة, facing bust wearing helmet holding sceptre and orb, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise above to left and right

Reverse

الملك المسعود / قظب الدين سكمان / بن محمد بن قرا / ارسلان / الناصر امير / (المؤمنين), Arabic inscription in field and to right and left, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12870)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Sulaymān II as Sultan, 1196 - 1204

Mint

Qūnīya (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه الناصر لدين الله امير المؤمنين, sultan on horseback to right in field with stars to either side of sultan's head and floral ornament below, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

و خمسمائة / السلطان القاهر / ابو الفتح سليمان بن / و قلج ارسلان بن ناصر؟ / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR12874)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulaymān II as Sultan, 1196 - 1204

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

none, sultan on horseback to right, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

السلطان القاهر / سليمان بن / قلج ارسلان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR13138)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

illegible, seated cross-legged facing figure wearing armour holding sword horizontally behind head and holding helmeted head with left hand, illegible Arabic inscription downwards to left, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

الناصر لدين / الله امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around and separated by plain circle, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13139)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

N/A, seated cross-legged facing figure wearing armour holding sword horizontally behind head and holding helmeted head with left hand, floral spray to left, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

الله / الامام النا / صر لدين / امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by two Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise around and separated by plain circle, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13140)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

نور الدين اتا / بك, seated cross-legged facing figure wearing armour holding sword horizontally behind head and holding helmeted head with left hand, Arabic inscription downwards to left, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13141)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201, Arslān Shāh I, Nūr al-Dīn, 1193 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13142)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13143)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13144)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

off-flan, seated cross-legged facing figure wearing armour holding sword horizontally behind head and holding helmeted head with left hand, off-flan Arabic inscription downwards to left, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13145)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

N/A, seated cross-legged facing figure wearing armour holding sword horizontally behind head and holding helmeted head with left hand, floral display to left, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13146)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201, Arslān Shāh I, Nūr al-Dīn, 1193 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13147)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201, Arslān Shāh I, Nūr al-Dīn, 1193 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13148)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī, al-Afḍal ’Alī (Ayyūbid), 1193 - 1196, Ḥusām al-Dīn Yūluq Arslān (Artuqid), 1184 - 1201, Arslān Shāh I, Nūr al-Dīn, 1193 - 1211

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13328)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

ضرب بسنجار سنة ثمانية و تسعين و خمسمائة, classical bust to left wearing armour and holding sceptre over right shoulder, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from lower right, all enclose by beaded and plain circles

Reverse

الامام الناصر / لدين الله / الملك المنصور / قطب الدنيا و الدين / محمد / بن زنكي / (بن مودود, Arabic inscription in field and around in segments with tamgha below, all enclosed by two plain circles

Islamic coin (HCR13330)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1198 - 1219

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

596 AH (=AD 1199-1200)

Obverse

ضرب بسنجار سنة ستة و تسعين و خمسمائة, classical bust to left wearing armour and holding sceptre over right shoulder, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from lower right, all enclose by beaded and plain circles

Reverse

الامام الناصر / لدين الله / الملك المنصور / قطب الدنيا و الدين / محمد / بن زنكي / (بن مودود, Arabic inscription in field and around in three segments with tamgha below, all enclosed by two plain circles