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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 (HCR15852)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāh Shujā‘, 1358 - 1384

Mint

Aydhaj (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

circa 769-774 AH (=AD 1367-1373)

Obverse

امير / المؤمنين و السلطان / ضرب / المطاعشاه (شجاع) / ايذج / خلد الله ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by fancy quatrelobe

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله / ايذج, Arabic inscription (arranged as a diamond) in field with mint name in hollow, enclosed by linear circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Islamic coin (HCR15701)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Abd Allāh Khān, 1361 - 1370

Mint

Urdū (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

770 AH (=AD 1368-1369)

Obverse

السلطان العادل / عبد الله خان / (خ)لد ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by octalobe

Reverse

ضرب اور / دو سنة / سبعين / ٧, Arabic inscription in field, enclsoed by lobed square

Islamic coin (HCR15827)

Period

Islamic

Person

Uways I, 1356 - 1374

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

double dinar

Dating

circa 770-774 AH (=AD 1368-1373)

Obverse

الواثق / بالملك الديا(ن) شيخ / اويس بهادر خان / خلد الله ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by quatrelobe linked to outer plain circle by four annulets, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR13890)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Sha‘bān II, 1363 - 1377

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

77x AH (=AD 1369-1377)

Obverse

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

Reverse

ضرب بالقاهرة / سنة ست و سبعين / و سبعمائة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by eigh-pointed star, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR13891)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Sha‘bān II, 1363 - 1377

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

770 AH (=AD 1369)

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 سنة و / سبعين / ئة / و سبعم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by eight-pointed linear star, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR13899)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Sha‘bān II, 1363 - 1377

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

771 AH (=AD 1369-1370)

Obverse

الملك الاشرف, field divided into three segments by two horizontal lines, Arabic inscription in centre segment with Arabesques in upper and lower segments, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب / و سبعين سنة ست و ستين احد / بدمشق, field divided into three segments by two horizontal lines, Arabic inscription divided by segments, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR15873)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

double dinar

Dating

circa 771-807 AH (=AD 1369-1405)

Obverse

ضرب / اصفهان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by quatrefoil, traces of Rāshidūn around

Islamic coin (HCR15882)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405, Maḥmūd (Chaghatāyid)

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

double dinar

Dating

circa 771-807 AH (=AD 1369-1405)

Obverse

سلطان / محمود ير لغ . . . / امير تيمور / گور كان ضرب / ارزمجان, a three-circle tamgha in centre with Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by octolobe, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15883)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405, Maḥmūd (Chaghatāyid)

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic)

Denom.

double dinar

Dating

circa 771-807 AH (=AD 1369-1405)

Obverse

سلطان / محمود يرلغ . . . / امير تيمور / گور كان ضرب / ارزمجان, three-circles tamgha centre with Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by octolobe, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15909)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405, Maḥmūd Khān, 1384 - 1402

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

7xx AH (=AD 1369-1396)

Obverse

السلطان محمود خان / ضرب / امير تيمور گوركان / شيراز / خلد الله ملكه, three-circle tamgha centre with Arabic inscription around, enclosed by octafoil, largely off flan Arabic inscription (date) anti-clockwise around in segments

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15912)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405, Maḥmūd Khān, 1384 - 1402

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 771-807 AH (=AD 1369-1404)

Obverse

ضرب / سلطان / محمود خان ير . . . / (امير) تيمور گور(كان) / . . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by traces of a plain circle

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15913)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405, Maḥmūd Khān, 1384 - 1402

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 771-807 AH (=AD 1369-1404)

Obverse

سلطان / محمود خان . . . . / امير تيمور گوركان / خلد ملكه, three-circle tamgha centre, Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله / حمد؟؟, Arabic inscription in field with three-circle tamgha centre, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR15874)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405, Suyūrghatmish, 1370 - 1384

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

double dinar

Dating

circa 771-807 AH (=AD 1370-1405)

Obverse

. . . يرلغي / . . .غتمش خان / تيمور گور(كان) / . . ., Arabic inscription in field, border off flan

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول / الله ٧٨٢, Arabic inscription in field, margin off flan

Islamic coin (HCR15880)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405, Suyūrghatmish, 1370 - 1384

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

double dinar

Dating

circa 771-807 AH (=AD 1370-1405)

Obverse

سيور / غتمش يرلغي امير / تيمور گوركان / اگمنو, Arabic inscription within a quatrefoil

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 (HCR15888)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405, Maḥmūd Khān, 1384 - 1402

Mint

Khwārizm (Islamic)

Denom.

one-third tanka

Dating

circa 771-807 AH (=AD 1370-1405)

Obverse

سلطان / محمود يرلغي / امير تيمور / گور كان اگمنو, Arabic inscription in field with three-circle tamgha at centre, enclosed by quatrefoil

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ضرب خوارزم / . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate square

Islamic coin (HCR15906)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405, Maḥmūd Khān, 1384 - 1402

Mint

Sāwah (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 771-807 AH (=AD 1370-1405)

Obverse

السلطان محمود خان / امير تيمور گور كان / (خلد) الله ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear square, ornaments around, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15908)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405

Mint

Shabānkārah (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 771-807 AH (=AD 1370-1405)

Obverse

امير تيمور گوركان / خلد ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, traces of Arabic inscription (date) around

Reverse

عدلية / شبانكاره, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, traces of Arabic inscription (date) around

Islamic coin (HCR15910)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405, Maḥmūd Khān, 1384 - 1402

Mint

Sulduz? (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 771-807 AH (=AD 1370-1405)

Obverse

ضرب / سلطان محمود خان / امير تيمور گوركان / خلد الله ملكه / (سلدز؟), three-circles tamgha centre with Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by octalobe, all enclosed by linear and pointillate 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 linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR16071)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tīmūr, 1370 - 1405

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 771-807 AH (=AD 1370-1405)

Obverse

امير تيمور / گوركان / خلد ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

عدلية / شيراز, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, traces of Arabic inscription (date) around in segments, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles