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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 (HCR12991)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, Qilij Arslān IV, 1248 - 1265

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

655 AH (=AD 1257)

Obverse

ضرب بساروس / السلطان الاغظم / ركن الدنيا و الدين / قلج ارسلان بن كيخسرو / برهان امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

ذا القعد(ة) سنة / الامام المستعصم / بالله امير المؤمنين / خمس و خمسين و ستمائة, Arabic inscription in field with arabesque and two flowers between third and fourth lines, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR13207)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Mārdīn (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

655 AH (=AD 1257)

Obverse

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

Reverse

الامام المستعصم / بالله امير المؤ / منين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexagram, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR16508)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muẓaffar Yūṣuf, 1249 - 1295

Mint

Zabīd (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

655 AH (=AD 1257)

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 (HCR16543)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

‘Adan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

655 AH (=AD 1257)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR12979)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, Kaykā’ūs II, 1237 - 1246

Mint

Gumushbāzār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

656 AH (=AD 1258)

Obverse

السلطان الاعظم / عز الدنيا و الدين كيكاوس / بن كيخسرو برهان امير المؤمنين / ضرب بكمش بازار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / الامام المسعصم بالله / امير المؤمنين سنة / ر ح لا, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13275)

Period

Islamic

Person

Möngke, 1251 - 1259, Lu’lu’, Badr al-Dīn, 1234 - 1259

Mint

al-Mawṣil (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

65(6) AH (=AD 1258)

Obverse

منگو / قاان اعظم / خداوند عالم / بادثاه روى / زمين زيد عظمه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

لؤلؤ / الملك الرحيم / بدر الدنيا و الدين / سلطان الاسلام / و المسلمين ابو فضا / ثل, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR13277)

Period

Islamic

Person

Möngke, 1251 - 1259, Lu’lu’, Badr al-Dīn, 1234 - 1259

Mint

al-Mawṣil (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

656 AH (=AD 1258)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR15154)

Period

Islamic

Person

Möngke, 1251 - 1259

Mint

Tiflīs

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

656 AH (=AD 1258-1259)

Obverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16489)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Ḥiṣn Ta‘izz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

656 AH (=AD 1258)

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 from 1h, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16509)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muẓaffar Yūṣuf, 1249 - 1295

Mint

Zabīd (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

656 AH (=AD 1258)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR12990)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, Qilij Arslān IV, 1248 - 1265

Mint

Sārūs (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

657 AH (=AD 1259)

Obverse

لسلطان الاغظم / ركن الدنيا و الدين قلج ارسلان / (بن) كيخسرو برهان امير المؤمنين / ضرب بساروس, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

الامام المستعصم / بالله امير المؤمنين / سنة تع خمسين و / ستمائة, Arabic inscription in field with three stars above and arabesque between second and third lines, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR13675)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muẓaffar Quṭuz, 1259 - 1260

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

657-658 AH (=AD 1259-1261)

Obverse

الملك المظفر / سيف الدنيا / و الدين قطز, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments beginning at 1h, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ارسله بالهدى, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments beginning at 1h, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR13705)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 658-676 AH (=AD 1259-1278)

Obverse

illegible, lion passant centre to left, obscured Arabic inscription above and below lion, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

لله / لا اله الا ا / محمد رسول ا / لله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear hexagram, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in external angles of hexagram, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR15155)

Period

Islamic

Person

Möngke, 1251 - 1259

Mint

Tiflīs

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

657 AH (=AD 1259-1260)

Obverse

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

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription and double trident (mintmark) in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR15200)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

657 or 667 AH (=AD 1259-1269)

Obverse

قاآن / العادل, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear/pointillate hexagram

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR16490)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Ḥiṣn Ta‘izz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

657 AH (=AD 1259)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16510)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muẓaffar Yūṣuf, 1249 - 1295

Mint

Zabīd (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

657 AH (=AD 1259)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16544)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

‘Adan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

657 AH (=AD 1259)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13211)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muzzaffar Fakhr al-Dīn Qarā Arslān

Mint

Mārdīn (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 659-693 AH (=AD 1260-1294)

Obverse

ضرب بماردين / سنة . . . / . . . / . . ., Sunface with rays around, in beaded square, Arabic inscription around in segments

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه / و سلم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by partly obliterated Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Islamic coin (HCR13677)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Zāhir Baybars I, 1260 - 1277

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

658 or 659 AH (=AD 1260-1262)

Obverse

ببرس الصالحى / الملك السلطان / الظاهر ركن الدنيا و الدين, Arabic inscription in field, lion passant to left beneath field inscription, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول ا / لله / ارسله بالهدى, Arabic inscription in field, largely illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segements