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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 (HCR13688)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Zāhir Baybars I, 1260 - 1277

Mint

al-Iskandarīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

658-676 AH (=AD 1260-1278)

Obverse

الصالحى / السلطان الملك / الظاهر ركن الدنيا و الدين / ببرس قسم امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, lion passant to left below field inscription, enclosed by two linear circles, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Reverse

ضرب بالاسكندرية / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ارسله بالهدى / و دين الحق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two linear circles, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Islamic coin (HCR13704)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 658-676 AH (=AD 1260-1278)

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 (HCR13709)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Zāhir Baybars I, 1260 - 1277

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 658-676 AH (=AD 1260-1278)

Obverse

ببرس الصالحى / الملك الظاهر / ركن الدنيا و الدين, Arabic inscription in field, lion passant to left below field inscription, enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Reverse

الامام المستنصر / بالله أبو القاسم / احمد امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR15161)

Period

Islamic

Person

Hūlāgū, 1255 - 1265, Möngke, 1251 - 1259

Mint

Irbil (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

658 AH (=AD 1260)

Obverse

قاآن / الاعظم / مونككا قان / هولاگو / خان, Arabic inscripton in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

الحمد لله / لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله / صلى الله / عليه و سلم, Arabic inscripton ending to left and right in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR16511)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muẓaffar Yūṣuf, 1249 - 1295

Mint

Zabīd (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

658 AH (=AD 1260)

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 (HCR16512)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muẓaffar Yūṣuf, 1249 - 1295, al-Manṣūr ‘Umar, 1229 - 1249

Mint

Zabīd (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

658 AH (=AD 1260)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR12989)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Sārūs (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

659 AH (=AD 1261)

Obverse

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

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR12992)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

659 AH (=AD 1261)

Obverse

السلطان الاغظم / ركن الدنيا و الدين قلج ارسلان بن / كيخسرو برهان امير المؤ/ منين ضرب / بسيواس, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

في رجب / الامام المستعصم / بالله امير المؤمنين / تسع و خمسين و ستمائة, Arabic inscription in field with arabesque between second and third line, all enclosed by a beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR12993)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qilij Arslān IV, 1248 - 1265

Mint

Lu’lu’a (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

660 AH (=AD 1261-1262)

Obverse

لله / المنة / السلطان الاعظم / ركن الدنيا و الدين ابو / الفتح قلج ارسلان بن / كيخسرو, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field with arabesque between two lines, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR12997)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qilij Arslān IV, 1248 - 1265

Mint

Ma‘dan Shahr (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

659 AH (=AD 1261)

Obverse

ضرب معدن / السلطان الاعظم / ركن الدنيا و الدين / قلج ارسلان بن كيخسرو / برهان امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

و ستمائة / شهر سنة / الامام المسعصم / بالله امير المؤمنين / تسعة و خمسين و ستمائة, Arabic inscription in field with arabesque and two flowers centre, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13708)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Zāhir Baybars I, 1260 - 1277

Mint

Ḥamāh (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

660 AH (=AD 1261-1262)

Obverse

الصالحى / السلطان الملك / الظاهر ركن الدنيا و الدين / ببرس قسم امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, lion passant to left below field inscription, enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Reverse

ستين / بحماة سنة ستمائة / بالله / الامام المستنصر / ابو القسم احمد بن / الامام الظاهر امير / المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR15156)

Period

Islamic

Person

Möngke, 1251 - 1259

Mint

Tiflīs (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

659 AH (=AD 1261)

Obverse

مونككا قا / آن لاعظم (كذا) / لعادل (كذا), Arabic inscription in field with hexagram centre, enclosed by pointilate square, Arabic inscription around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circles

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field with double trident centre, enclosed by pointilate square, Arabic inscription around in segments, all enclosed by pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR15159)

Period

Islamic

Person

Hūlāgū, 1255 - 1265, Möngke, 1251 - 1259

Mint

Baghdād (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

660 AH (=AD 1261-1262)

Obverse

قاآن / الاعظم / مونككا قاآن / هولاگو / خان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / صلى الله عليه / و سلم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR16491)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Ḥiṣn Ta‘izz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

659 AH (=AD 1261)

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 (HCR16513)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Muẓaffar Yūṣuf, 1249 - 1295

Mint

Zabīd (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

660 AH (=AD 1261-1262)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16535)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

660 AH (=AD 1261-1262)

Obverse

الامام / المستعسم بالله / ابو احمد امير المؤمنين / السلطان الملك / المظفر, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16545)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

‘Adan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

659 AH (=AD 1261)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16546)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

‘Adan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

660 AH (=AD 1261-1262)

Obverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR12994)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qilij Arslān IV, 1248 - 1265

Mint

Qūnīya (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

660? AH (=AD 1262)

Obverse

السلطان الاغظم / ركن الدنيا و الدين / قلج ارسلان بن كيخسرو / برهان امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field with arabesque above

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ضرب بمدينة قونية / في سنة له ل و ستمائة, Arabic inscription in field with arabesques above and below

Islamic coin (HCR12995)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qilij Arslān IV, 1248 - 1265

Mint

Qūnīya (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

661 AH (=AD 1262-1263)

Obverse

السلطان الاغظم / ركن الدنيا و الدين / قلج ارسلان بن كيخسرو / برهان امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field with arabesque above, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ضرب بمدينة قونية / في سنة اه ر / ستمائة, Arabic inscription in field with arabesque above and star between third and fourth lines, all enclosed by pointillate circle