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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 (HCR16330)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jalāl al-Dīn Kôtürüm Bāyezīd, 1361 - 1385

Mint

Qasṭamūnīya (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/2 Dirham

Dating

circa 761-787 AH (=AD 1360-1385)

Obverse

امير اعدل / بايزيد خلد / ملكه قسطمونية, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and beaded square, Rashidun Caliphs around in segments, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16331)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jalāl al-Dīn Kôtürüm Bāyezīd, 1361 - 1385

Mint

Qasṭamūnīya (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/2 Dirham

Dating

circa 762-787 AH (=AD 1360-1385)

Obverse

امير اعدل / بايزيد خلد / ملكه قسطمونية, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and beaded squares, Rashidun Caliphs around in segments, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16332)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jalāl al-Dīn Kôtürüm Bāyezīd, 1361 - 1385

Mint

Qasṭamūnīya (Islamic)

Denom.

1/4 Dirham

Dating

circa 762-787 AH (=AD 1360-1385)

Obverse

امير اعدل / بايزيد خلد / ملكه قسطمونية, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and beaded squares, ornaments around in segments, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16333)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jalāl al-Dīn Kôtürüm Bāyezīd, 1361 - 1385

Mint

Qasṭamūnīya (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 Dirham

Dating

circa 762-787 AH (=AD 1360-1385)

Obverse

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and beaded squares, Rashidun Caliphs anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by linear and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR16334)

Period

Islamic

Person

Jalāl al-Dīn Kôtürüm Bāyezīd, 1361 - 1385

Mint

Qasṭamūnīya (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/2 Dirham

Dating

circa 762-787 AH (=AD 1360-1385)

Obverse

امير اعدل / بايزيد خلد / ملكه قسطمونية, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented square and plain circle, ornaments around in segments

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription and ornaments in field, enclosed by ornamented square and plain circle, Rashidun Caliphs around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR16351)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Alī Beg, 1366 - 1385

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

762 AH (=AD 1360-1361)

Obverse

علي / ابو بكر / عمر / عثمان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by octolobe, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16528)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu'taṣim, 833 - 842, al-Mujāhid ‘Alī, 1321 - 1363

Mint

Zabīd (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

762 AH (=AD 1360-1361)

Obverse

السلطان الملك المجأهد سيف الاسلام علي بن داود, Hawk to left centre, enclosed by hexalobe, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, 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, Arabic inscription centre, enclosed by hexalobe, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Ottoman coin (HCR16746)

Period

Person

Murad I, 1360-1389

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

763-791 AH (= AD 1360-1389)

Obverse

مراد بن اورخان / خلد الله ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle, with a dot above inscription

Period

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

763-791 AH ? (= AD 1360-1389)

Obverse

Illegible inscription in field, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

Illegible inscription in field, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR13876)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Manṣūr Muḥammad I, 1191 - 1221

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

763 AH (=AD 1361-1362)

Obverse

. . . لك المنصور . . / . . الدنيا و الد . . / الملك الظفر حاجي / . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear dodekalobe, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

ضرب بالقا. . / سنة ثلا . . . / و سبع. . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by eight-pointed star, enclosed by linear circle, all enclosed by pointillate circle