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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 (HCR15802)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Badakhshān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/3 dirham

Dating

circa 690-776 AH (=AD 1290-1374)

Obverse

خلد الله / ملكه (شاه؟) / يسم؟؟ (بد)خشان؟, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double linear octolobe

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR13025)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Bāyburt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

690 AH (=AD 1291)

Obverse

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

Reverse

العظمة لله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexalobe and plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR13738)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Khalīl, 1290 - 1293

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

691 AH (=AD 1291-1292)

Obverse

بن قلاون / السلطان الملك الاشرف / صلاح الدين ناصر الملة المحمدية / محى الدولة العباسية / خليل, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate dodekalobe within two linear dodekalobes

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15224)

Period

Islamic

Person

Arghūn, 1284 - 1291

Mint

Kāshān (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

690 AH (=AD 1291)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / ARGHUNUN / DELED KEGULUK SEN, Uighur inscription in field, Arabic inscription left and right, hawk and sun below 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 (HCR15238)

Period

Islamic

Person

Arghūn, 1284 - 1291

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

69x AH (=AD 1291)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / ARGHUNUN / DELED KEGULUK SEN / غازان, Uighur and Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15241)

Period

Islamic

Person

Gaykhātū, 1291 - 1296

Mint

Hamadān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 690-694 AH (=AD 1291-1395)

Obverse

ارينجين / درجي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexalobe, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR15245)

Period

Islamic

Person

Gaykhātū, 1291 - 1296

Denom.

Fals

Dating

6xx AH (=AD 1291-1294)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / ARINCINTURJI / DELED KEGULUK / ارينچين تورجي, Uighur and Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15578)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Sakçe (Islamic)

Denom.

pul

Dating

circa 690 AH (=AD 1291)

Obverse

N/A, Juchid tamgha of Emir Negay in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

N/A, cross dividing 'N' (retrograde), 'K' above, 'C//X' beneath, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR15580)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Khwārizm (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

690 AH (=AD 1291)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله / صلى الله عليه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, ornaments around, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

ضرب في / خوارزم / سنة ٦٩٠, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded square, ornaments around, al enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR16553)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

‘Adan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

692? AH (=AD 1292-1293)

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 (HCR16569)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Mabyan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

692 AH (=AD 1292-1293)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR13037)

Period

Islamic

Person

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

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

692 AH (=AD 1293)

Obverse

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

Reverse

(ار)زنجان / (لا) اله الا الله (محمد ر)سول الله / (ضرب م)دينة في سنة اثني / تسعين / ستمائة, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR15244)

Period

Islamic

Person

Gaykhātū, 1291 - 1296

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

692 AH (=AD 1293)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / ARINCINTURJI / DELED KEGULUK (/) SEN / ارينجين تورجي, Uighur and Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

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 (HCR15227)

Period

Islamic

Person

Arghūn, 1284 - 1291

Mint

Mārdīn

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

694 AH (=AD 1294-1295)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / ARGHUNUN / DELED KEGULUK SEN / ارغون, Uighur and 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 (HCR15240)

Period

Islamic

Person

Gaykhātū, 1291 - 1296

Mint

Baghdād

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

6(9)4 AH (=AD 1294-1295)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / ARINCINTURJI / DELED KEGULUK SEN/ ارينجين تورجي, Uighur Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle

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 pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR15242)

Period

Islamic

Person

Gaykhātū, 1291 - 1296

Mint

Hamadān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

694 AH (=AD 1294-1295)

Obverse

KAGANU / ARINCINTUR(C)I, lion walking right with Uighur inscription above

Reverse

الملك لله / ايرنجين (درجي؟), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR15243)

Period

Islamic

Person

Gaykhātū, 1291 - 1296

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

693 AH (=AD 1294)

Obverse

KHAGANU / ARIBA / AMATUN / DELED KEGULUK / ارينچين تورجي, Arabic and Uighur inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by traces of plain circle

Reverse

الله / لا اله الا / محمد / رسول الله / صلى عليه و سلم, Arabic inscription in field with second Arabic inscription interlinearly, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, enclosed by two plain circles, all enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR15246)

Period

Islamic

Person

Bāydū, 1295 - 1296

Mint

Baghdād (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

694 AH (=AD 1294-1295)

Obverse

بايدو, Probably the standard Uighur legend as on the silver, but very much effaced. Arabic name clear at bottom

Reverse

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