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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 (HCR15153)

Period

Islamic

Person

Möngke, 1251 - 1259

Mint

Tiflīs

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

653 AH (=AD 1255-1256)

Obverse

مونككا قا / آن لاعظم (كذا) / لعادل (كذا), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR16507)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muẓaffar Yūṣuf, 1249 - 1295

Mint

Zabīd (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

653 AH (=AD 1255-1256)

Obverse

عمر / السلطان الملك المظفر شمس الدين / يوسف بن الملك / المنصور, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم / لا اله الا الله محمد / رسول الله ارسله / بالهدى و دين / الحق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR16541)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, al-Muẓaffar Yūṣuf, 1249 - 1295

Mint

‘Adan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

653 AH (=AD 1255)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR11674)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

654 AH (= AD 1256–1257)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double quatrefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 1h, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

الامام / المستعصم / بالله امير / المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double quatrefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 61:13) anti-clockwise in margin from 1230h, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR11771)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

654 AH (= AD 1256–1257)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR11772)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

654 AH (= AD 1256–1257)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double quatrefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 3h, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR11773)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

654 AH (= AD 1256–1257)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR11801)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258

Mint

Irbil (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

654 AH (= AD 1256–1257)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by ornamented quatrefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 1h, all enclosed by chain border

Reverse

الامام / المستعصم / بالله امير / المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by ornamented quatrefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 61:13) anti-clockwise in margin from 2h, all enclosed by chain border

Islamic coin (HCR13210)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, Ghāzī I, Nājm al-Dīn (Artuqid), 1240 - 1261

Mint

Mārdīn (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

654? AH (=AD 1256)

Obverse

الامام المستعصم بالله امير المؤمنين, facing draped bust, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from lower right, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

يوسف / الملك الناصر / الملك السعيد / غازي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR15166)

Period

Islamic

Person

Hūlāgū, 1255 - 1265, Möngke, 1251 - 1259

Mint

al-Jazīra (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 654-663 AH (=AD 1256-1264)

Obverse

قاآن / الأعظم / مونككاقان / هولاكو / خان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by square, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, enclosed by two linear circles, all enclosed by traces of Arabic inscription (mint/date) anti-clockwise around

Islamic coin (HCR15167)

Period

Islamic

Person

Hūlāgū, 1255 - 1265, Möngke, 1251 - 1259

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 654-663 AH (=AD 1256-1265)

Obverse

منكو (كذا) / قاآن هولا / گو . . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by traces of uncertain legend

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle enclosed by traces of uncertain legend

Islamic coin (HCR15168)

Period

Islamic

Person

Hūlāgū, 1255 - 1265

Mint

al-Jazīra (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 654-663 AH (=AD 1256-1265)

Obverse

قاآن / الاعظم / هولاگو ايلخان / المعظان, Arabic inscription in field with two stars to right, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription

Reverse

الله / لا اله الا / وحده لا شريك له / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field with two starts at top of field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription

Islamic coin (HCR15171)

Period

Islamic

Person

Hūlāgū, 1255 - 1265

Mint

Mārdīn

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 654-663 AH (=AD 1256-1265)

Obverse

قاآن / الاعظم / هولاگو ايلخان / المعظم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR15174)

Period

Islamic

Person

Hūlāgū, 1255 - 1265

Mint

al-Mawṣil (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 654-663 AH (=AD 1256-1265)

Obverse

blundered, face left with three stars and one tamgha in field, enclosed by pointillate square, blundered Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

قاآن / الاعظم / هولاگو ايلخان / المعظم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR15175)

Period

Islamic

Person

Hūlāgū, 1255 - 1265

Mint

Sinjār (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 654-663 AH (=AD 1256-1265)

Obverse

illegible, facing bust in field, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription

Reverse

قاآن / الاعظم / هولاگو ايلخان / الم(عظم), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by traces of marginal legend

Islamic coin (HCR15179)

Period

Islamic

Person

Hūlāgū, 1255 - 1265

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 654-663 AH (=AD 1256-1265)

Obverse

قاآن / الاعظم / هولاگو / المعظم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه / و سلم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate and plain circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR16542)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, al-Muẓaffar Yūṣuf, 1249 - 1295

Mint

‘Adan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

654 AH (=AD 1256)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR17806)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1225/18 (AD= 1256–1257)

Obverse

Tughra, سنة ١٨

Islamic coin (HCR12986)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, Kaykā’ūs II, 1237 - 1246, Qilij Arslān IV, 1248 - 1265, Kayqubād II, 1246 - 1257

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

655 AH (=AD 1257)

Obverse

السلاطين الاعاظم / عز الدنيا ر الدين كيكاوس / و ركن الدنيا و الدين قلج ارسلان / و علا الدنيا و الدين كيقباد / بنو كيخسرو براهين امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

منين / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله الامام / المستعصم بالله امير / المؤ ضرب بسيواس سنة خمس / و خمسين و ستمائة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR12987)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, Kaykā’ūs II, 1237 - 1246, Qilij Arslān IV, 1248 - 1265, Kayqubād II, 1246 - 1257

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

(6)55 AH (=AD 1257)

Obverse

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / الامام المستعصم / بالله امير المؤمنين / سنة خمس و خمس(ين) و, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle