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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 (HCR13886)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Sha‘bān II, 1363 - 1377

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

765 AH (=AD 1364-1365)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الاشرف شعبان بن حسن بن / السلطان الملك الناصر / محمد بن قلاون, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب بالقاهرة / سنة خمس و ستين / و سبعماية, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by eight-pointed star, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR13896)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Sha‘bān II, 1363 - 1377

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

766 AH (=AD 1364-1365)

Obverse

حسين / السلطان / الملك الاشرف / شعبان ابن, Arabic inscription begins in field, enclosed by linear circle and linear triangle, inscripton continues in segments of triangle, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب / بدمشق سنة / ست و ستين / و سبعان, Arabic inscription begins in field, enclosed by linear circle and linear triangle, inscripton continues in segments of triangle, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR13923)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Sha‘bān II, 1363 - 1377

Mint

Ḥamāh (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

765 AH (=AD 1364-1365)

Obverse

بحماة / الملك الاشرف / ضرب, Arabic inscription in field divided into three segments by two horizontal lines, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

و ستين / سنة خمس, Arabic inscription in field divided into two segments by three horizontal lines, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR15824)

Period

Islamic

Person

Uways I, 1356 - 1374

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

double dinar

Dating

766 AH (=AD 1364-1365)

Obverse

السلطان الاعظم / شيخ اويس بهادر / خان خلد ملكه, Arabic inscription in field with second Arabic inscription interlinearly, enclosed by ornamented quatrefoil, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15825)

Period

Islamic

Person

Uways I, 1356 - 1374

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

double dinar

Dating

766 AH (=AD 1364-1365)

Obverse

الواثق / بالملك الديان / ضرب / شيخ اويس بهادر خان / شيراز / خلد الله / ملكه, Arabic inscription in field with second Arabic inscription anti-clockwise interlinearly, enclosed by ornamented quatrefoil, 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, enclosed by located square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR15860)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāh Shujā‘, 1358 - 1384

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

double dinar

Dating

766 AH (=AD 1364-1365)

Obverse

بالله / المعتضد / ضرب / السلطان المطاع / شيراز / شاه شجاع خلد / ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by intricate 18-loop hexagon, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15699)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Azīz Shaykh, 1364 - 1366

Mint

Sarāy al-Jadīda (Islamic)

Denom.

pul

Dating

circa 767 AH (=AD 1365-1366)

Obverse

خان / عزيز سيخ, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche

Reverse

N/A, pentagram centre, within four panels, rest obscure

Islamic coin (HCR15869)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāh Shujā‘, 1358 - 1384

Mint

Yazd (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

double dinar

Dating

circa 767 AH (=AD 1365-1366)

Obverse

ضرب / امير المؤمنين و السلطان / المطاع شاه شمجاع / خلد الله (ملكه) / (يزد), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexafoil, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16353)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Alī Beg, 1366 - 1385

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

76x AH (=AD 1365-1368)

Obverse

السلطان الاعظم / علا الدنيا و الدين / خلد الله ملكه / ضرب ارزمجان / سنة ٧٦, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear octolobe, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16355)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Alī Beg, 1366 - 1385

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

circa 767-782 AH (=AD 1365-1380)

Obverse

السلطان / الاعظم / علا الدنيا و الدين / خلد الله ملكه / . . . سيواس, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexafoil

Reverse

لا اله الا / محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a hexalobe with alternate lobes pointed, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR16356)

Period

Islamic

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

circa 767-782 AH (=AD 1365-1380)

Obverse

blundered, barbarous Arabic inscription in vesica, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

blundered, barbarous Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR16357)

Period

Islamic

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

circa 767-782 AH (=AD 1365-1380)

Obverse

blundered, Blundered Arabic inscription within six-pointed star

Reverse

blundered, Blundered Arabic inscription within six-pointed star, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR16358)

Period

Islamic

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

circa 767-782 AH (=AD 1365-1380)

Obverse

blundered, blundered Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by six-pointed star

Reverse

blundered, Blundered Arabic inscription within six-pointed star, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR16359)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Alī Beg, 1366 - 1385

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 767-782 AH (=AD 1365-1380)

Obverse

blundered, blundered Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by six-pointed star, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Reverse

blundered, blundered Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double, six-pointed star, illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR13889)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Sha‘bān II, 1363 - 1377

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

767 AH (=AD 1366-1367)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الاشرف شعبان بن حسن بن / السلطان الملك الناصر / محمد بن قلاون, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب بالقاهرة ستين / سنة سبع و / و سبعماية, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear eight-pointed star, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR15745)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Azīz Shaykh, 1364 - 1366

Mint

Gulistān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 768 AH (=AD 1366-1367)

Obverse

السلطب العادل / عزيز شيخ خان / (خلد ملكه), Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب / محروسة / كلستا(ن) / سنة / ٨, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR15820)

Period

Islamic

Person

Uways I, 1356 - 1374

Mint

Aydhaj (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

double dinar

Dating

768 AH (=AD 1366-1367)

Obverse

لديان / الواثق بالملك ا / ضرب / شيخ اويس بهادر خان / ايذج / (خلد الله) ماكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by complex lobated square

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16352)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Alī Beg, 1366 - 1385

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

768 AH (=AD 1366-1367)

Obverse

Eretnid, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear octolobe, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles, countermarked 'to God' in Arabic in a beaded vesica

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16354)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Alī Beg, 1366 - 1385

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

768 AH (=AD 1366=1367)

Obverse

السلطان الاعظم / علا الدنيا و الدين / خلد الله ملكه / ضرب ارزمجان / سنة ٧٦٨, Arabic inscription in field with word of inscription enclosed by beaded vesica, enclosed by linear octolobe, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR15747)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Khwārizm (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

pul

Dating

769 AH (=AD 1367-1368)

Obverse

ضرب / في / خوا / رزم, cross-like ornament centre with Arabic inscription around, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

في / (شهور / سنة) / ٧٦٩, bird to right in field, enclosed by quatrefoil, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in panels, all enclosed by beaded circles