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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 (HCR13001)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw III, 1265 - 1282

Mint

Sīnūb (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

678 AH (=AD 1279-1280)

Obverse

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

Reverse

الملك لله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexafoil and plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR13017)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw III, 1265 - 1282

Mint

Ma‘dan Lu’lu’a (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

678 AH (=AD 1279-1280)

Obverse

السلطان الاعظم / غياث الدنيا و الدين / كيخسرو بن قلخ ارسلا / ن, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate hexafoil, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR13719)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Ādil Salāmish, 1279 - 1279

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

678 AH (=AD 1279-1279)

Obverse

المؤمنين / الملك العادل / بدر الدنيا و الدين سلامش / بن الملك الظاهر / قسم امير, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

illegible, largely illegible Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR13720)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-‘Ādil Salāmish, 1279 - 1279

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

678 AH (=AD 1279-1280)

Obverse

الصالحى / الملك العادل / بدر الدنيا و الدين / سلامش, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ارسله بالهدى, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments

Islamic coin (HCR13728)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Manṣūr Qalā’ūn, 1279 - 1290

Mint

al-Iskandarīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

6xx AH (=AD 1279-1291)

Obverse

المؤمنين / السلطان الملك ا / لمنصور سيف الدنيا و الدين / قلاون الصالهى / قسم امير, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by dodekalobe, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

الحق / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ارسله بالهدى / و دين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by dodekalobe, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR15190)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abāqā, 1265 - 1282

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

678 AH (=AD 1279-1280)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / ABAGAIN / DELED KEGULUK / SEN, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR13000)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kaykhusraw III, 1265 - 1282

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

679 AH (=AD 1280-1281)

Obverse

السلطان الاعظم / غياث الدنيا و الدين / كيخسرو بن قلج ارسلان / برهان امير المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

الملك لله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexafoil and plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR13038)

Period

Islamic

Person

Mas‘ūd II, Ghiyāth al-Dīn (first reign), 1284 - 1296

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 679-697 AH (=AD 1280-1297)

Obverse

السلطان / (مسع)ود غياث ا . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لله / العدل, Arabic inscription in fiedl, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR13721)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Manṣūr Qalā’ūn, 1279 - 1290

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

679 AH (=AD 1280-1281)

Obverse

قسيم امير/ السلطان الملك / المنصور سيف الدنيا و الدين / قلاون الصالهى / المؤمنين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate dodekalobe within two linear dodekalobes

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ارسله بالهدى, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate dodekalobe within two linear dodekalobes, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Islamic coin (HCR15191)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abāqā, 1265 - 1282

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

679 AH (=AD 1280-1281)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / ABAGAIN / DELED KEGULUK / SEN, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR13028)

Period

Islamic

Person

Mas‘ūd II, Ghiyāth al-Dīn (first reign), 1284 - 1296

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

680 AH (=AD 1281-1282)

Obverse

لله / العظمة / السلطان الاعظم / غياث الدنيا و الدين / ابو الفتح مسعود / بن كيكاوس, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13029)

Period

Islamic

Person

Mas‘ūd II, Ghiyāth al-Dīn (first reign), 1284 - 1296

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

680 AH (=AD 1281-1282)

Obverse

لله / العظمة / السلطان الاعظم / غياث الدنيا و الدين / ابو الفتح مسعود / بن كيكاوس, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15184)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abāqā, 1265 - 1282

Mint

Kāshān (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

680 AH (=AD 1281-1282)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / ABAGAIN / DELED KEGULUK, Uighur inscription in field

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15193)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abāqā, 1265 - 1282

Mint

al-Mawṣil (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

680 AH (=AD 1281-1282)

Obverse

KAGANU / ABAGAIN, a seated figure holding crescent, Uighur inscription to left and right

Reverse

الملك لله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by quatrefoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR13026)

Period

Islamic

Person

Mas‘ūd II, Ghiyāth al-Dīn (first reign), 1284 - 1296

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

681 AH (=AD 1282-1283)

Obverse

لله / العظمة / السلطان الاعظم / غياث الدنيا و الدين / ابو الفتح مسعود / بن كيكاوس, Arabic inscription in field with ornament centre, enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR15213)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad, 1382 - 1411

Mint

al-Mawṣil (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

681 AH (=AD 1282-1283)

Obverse

ضرب بالمو(صل) / سنة احد / و ثمنين و ستمائة, figure seated holding large crescent and with large star above each knee, vertical Arabic inscription

Reverse

قاآن / الاعظم / احمد ايلخان / المعظم زيد(ت) / (عظمتهما), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR15216)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad, 1382 - 1411

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 681-683 AH (=AD 1282-1284)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / AMATUN / DELED KEGULUK, Uighur inscription in field, enclosed by quatrelobe, traces of marginal Arabic inscription around

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15214)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad, 1382 - 1411

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

682 AH (=AD 1283-1284)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / AMATUN / DELED KEGULUK SEN, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate and plain circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15215)

Period

Islamic

Person

Aḥmad, 1382 - 1411

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

682 AH (=AD 1283-1284)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / AMATUN / DELED KEGULUK SEN, Arabic and Uighur inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16551)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

‘Adan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

682 AH (=AD 1283-1284)

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