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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 (HCR15593)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ūzbek, 1312 - 1341

Mint

Sarāy (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

727 AH (=AD 1326-1327)

Obverse

السلطان الاعظم / محمد / اوزبك خان, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, enclosed by lobed square

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15791)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

727 AH (=AD 1326-1327)

Obverse

(عما)رة الدين / مثبتة (منبتة؟) بالعدل / ٧٢٧, 'nishan' centre with ornament above, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

. . . / (سكة بلدة / (محفو) ظة / (سم)رقن(د), Chagatāyid tamgha centre with ornament above and 'nishan' below, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR15792)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

727 AH (=AD 1326-1327)

Obverse

لاعمارة / الابال(عدل), 'nishan' centre, Arabic inscription around with ornament above, all enclosed by two plain and one beaded circle

Reverse

سكه / سمرقند / ٦٨٦, Chaghatāyid tamgha centre, Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR15793)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Tirmidh (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

circa 726-731 AH (=AD 1326-1330)

Obverse

العدل و الملك / تامان(؟), 'nishan' centre, Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by quatrefoil and plain circle

Reverse

سكة / مدينة الرجال / (تر)مذ, Chaghatāyid tamgha centre, Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by quatrefoil

Islamic coin (HCR15393)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336

Mint

Marāghah (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

727 AH (=AD 1327)

Obverse

السلطان ابو سعيد بهادر خلد الله ملكه ضرب مراغه سنة سبع عشرين سبعمئة, peacock left in field, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15448)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

728 AH (=AD 1327-1328)

Obverse

السلطان ابو سعيد / ضرب تبريز / بهادر خان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16075)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

727? AH (=AD 13267)

Obverse

العدل و الملك / توامان(؟), Arabic inscription in field with 'nishan between lines, enclosed by hexalobe

Reverse

سكة / بدار ضرب / بخارا, tamgha centre, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by octalobe with six-pointed flower with pellet in centre countermark

Islamic coin (HCR16498)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mujāhid ‘Alī, 1321 - 1363

Mint

Ḥiṣn Ta‘izz (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

728? AH (=AD 1327-1328)

Obverse

داود / السلطان الملك / المجاعد سيف الاسلام / علي بن الملك / المؤيد, star centre, enclosed by linear circle, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

و دين الحق / بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم / لا اله الا الله محمد / رسول الله ارسله / بالهدى, star centre, enclosed by linear circle, 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 (HCR17929)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

5 Kuruş

Dating

1293/33 (AD= 1327–1328)

Islamic coin (HCR15343)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336

Mint

Ardabīl (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

2 dirham

Dating

72(9) AH (=AD 1328-1329)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الأعظم / أبو سعيدبهادر خان / خلد الله ملكه / اردبيل, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by looped octagon, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in the loops

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, the Rashidun around in segments, enclosed by octalobe, dots within the eight marginal segments

Islamic coin (HCR15398)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336

Mint

al-Mawṣil (Islamic)

Denom.

2 dirham

Dating

729 AH (=AD 1328-1329)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / ابو سعيد بهادر خان / خلد الله ملكه / الموصل, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by looped octagon, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

الله / لا اله الا / محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in four segments, enclosed by octagon, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR15439)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

2 dirham

Dating

729 AH (=AD 1328-1329)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / ابو سعيد بهادر خان / خلد الله ملكه / تبريز, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by looped, linear octogon, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR13758)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir Muḥammad, 3rd reign, 1310 - 1341

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

730 AH (=AD 1329-1330)

Obverse

الملك / الناصر, Arabic inscription in field, Arabesques above and below field inscription, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

ضرب بدمشق سية ثلثين, five-petaled rosette in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise

Islamic coin (HCR13760)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir Muḥammad, 3rd reign, 1310 - 1341

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

730 AH (=AD 1329-1330)

Obverse

الملك / الناصر, Arabic inscription in field, Arabesques above and below field inscription, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

ضرب بدمشق سية ثلثين, five-petaled rosette in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise

Islamic coin (HCR15340)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336

Mint

Angūriya (Ankara) (Islamic)

Denom.

2 dirham

Dating

730 AH (=AD 1329-1330)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / ابو سعيد بهادر خان / خلد الله ملكه / انگورية, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear looped octagon, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR15392)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336

Mint

Marāghah (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

73x AH (=AD 1329-1336)

Obverse

السلطان العالم العادل/BUSAIDA/بهادر خان خلد ملكه / ضزب / مراغه, Uighur and Arabic inscription with Arabic inscription interlinearly in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR15401)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336

Mint

Naysābūr (Islamic)

Denom.

6 dirham

Dating

73(0) AH (=AD 1329-1330)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / ابو سعيد بهادر خان / خلد الله ملكه / نيشاپور, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by looped octagon, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15412)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336

Mint

Shahristān (Islamic)

Denom.

2 dirham

Dating

73x AH (=AD 1329-1336)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / ابو سعيد بهادر خان / خلد الله ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a looped octagon, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15416)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336

Mint

Bāzār (Islamic)

Denom.

2 dirham

Dating

729 AH (=AD 1329)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / ابو سعيد بهادر خان / خلد الله ملكه / بازار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by looped linear octagon, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15438)

Period

Islamic

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic)

Denom.

2 dirham

Dating

729 AH (=AD 1329-1330)

Obverse

Reverse