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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 (HCR16561)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Afḍal al-‘Abbās, 1376 - 1401, al-Musta’ṣim billah, Caliph, 1377 - 1389

Mint

‘Adan (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

777 AH (=AD 1375-1376)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / الافضل ضرغام / الدين العباس / بن علي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle with small depression at bottom, fish above depression, 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, 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 (HCR13214)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ẓāhir ’Īså, 1376 - 1407

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

circa 778-809 AH (=AD 1376-1407)

Obverse

السلطان / الملك الظاهر / خلد الله ملكه, Arabic inscription in field divided by horizontal lines, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

N/A, wheel with eight spokes within octagon, geometric pattern of cells around, possibly containing words, but not legible

Islamic coin (HCR15709)

Period

Islamic

Person

Toqtamish, 1376 - 1395

Mint

Qrīm (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 778-797 AH (=AD 1376-1395)

Obverse

السلطان / العادل تو / ميش خان, Arabic inscription in field, border off flan

Reverse

ضرب / في بلد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche

Islamic coin (HCR15711)

Period

Islamic

Person

Tūqtāmish, 1376 - 1395

Mint

Maḥmūdābād (Islamic)

Denom.

1/2 Dirham

Dating

circa 778-797 AH (=AD 1376-1395)

Obverse

محمودآباد / السلطان الاعظم / توقتامش (بهادر؟) / خان خلد ملكه / ضرب, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexagon, illegible Arabic inscription around in segments

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15722)

Period

Islamic

Person

Toqtamish, 1376 - 1395

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 778-797 AH (=AD 1376-1395)

Obverse

السلطان / العادل تو / قميش خان, Arabic inscription in field, border off flan

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded squares

Islamic coin (HCR13939)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Manṣūr ‘Alī, 1377 - 1381

Mint

al-Iskandarīya (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 779-783 (=AD 1377-1381)

Obverse

. السلطان الملك / المنصور علي بن الملك / شعبان بن حسين, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

. . . الاسكندرية / . . . / . .سعبين / . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear octogon

Islamic coin (HCR13942)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Manṣūr ‘Alī, 1377 - 1381

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 779-783 (=AD 1377-1381)

Obverse

. السلطان الملك / المنصور علي بن الملك / شعبان بن حسين, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

. . . . ثلا . . / و ثما. . ., Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR13949)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Manṣūr ‘Alī, 1377 - 1381

Mint

Ṭarāblus (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 778-783 AH (=AD 1377-1381)

Obverse

الملك / المنصور, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two segments by horizontal cable and two lines, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

طرابلس, Arabic word in field, enclosed by linear octogram, all enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR14130)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 778-783 AH (=AD 1377-1381)

Obverse

traces of legend, bushqa in field with pellet centre, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

traces of legend, fleur-de-lis in field, enclosed by linear circle and linear square

Islamic coin (HCR15813)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Sabzawār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

779 AH (=AD 1377-1378)

Obverse

توكلت على . . . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by uncertain border

Reverse

ضرب / سبزوار / سنة / ٧٧٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by concave square

Islamic coin (HCR16601)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Ismā‘īl, 1377 - 1400, al-Musta’ṣim billah, Caliph, 1377 - 1389

Mint

Mabyan (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

779 AH (=AD 1377-1378)

Obverse

س / السلطان الملك / الاشرف ممهد ا / لدين اسمعيل / بن العبا, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointed hexafoil, 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, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointed hexafoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR15814)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Astarābad (Islamic)

Denom.

2 dirham

Dating

780 AH (=AD 1378-1379)

Obverse

بمدينة استراباد / سنة ثمانين / وسبعمائة و, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double quatrelobe, enclosed by ornaments, a plain circle, and a pointillate circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by hexalobe, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR15829)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn (Jalāyirid), 1374 - 1382

Mint

Tabrīz (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

7(80) AH (=AD 1378-1379)

Obverse

في دولة / السلطان / الاعظم / جلال الدين / حسين خان / خلد ملكه, Arabic inscription within five-vaned pattern and ending in the circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in interstices between the vanes in miniscule script

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15866)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Kirmān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 780-890 AH (=AD 1378-1485)

Obverse

عدلية / كرمان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square with fancy ornaments around, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

عدلية / كرمان, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments around, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR18732)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 780-899 AH (=AD 1378-1493)

Obverse

none, lion rampant right

Reverse

ضرب شيراز, Arabic inscription in field divided by horizontal line and enclosed by plain square, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR16602)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, al-Ashraf Ismā‘īl, 1377 - 1400

Mint

Mabyan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

781 AH (=AD 1379-1380)

Obverse

س / السلطان الملك / الاشرف ممهد / الدين اسمعيل / بن العبا, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointed hexafoil, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR15706)

Period

Islamic

Person

Toqtamish, 1376 - 1395

Mint

Azāq (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

782 AH (=AD 1380-1381)

Obverse

السلطان / توقتامش خان / خلد ملكه, Arab inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب / بلد ازاق / سنة ٧٨٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by lobed square, all enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR16360)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qāḍī Burhān al-Dīn, 1380 - 1397

Mint

Sīwās (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

circa 782-800 AH (=AD 1380-1397)

Obverse

السمي العالمي / العادلي البرهاني / خلد الله ملكه, somewhat blundered Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by octalobe with alternate lobes pointed, below a blundered date

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ضرب سيواس, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate square, traces of Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments

Islamic coin (HCR13943)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Manṣūr ‘Alī, 1377 - 1381

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

783 AH (=AD 1381-1382)

Obverse

السلطان الملك المنصور / علي, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin and ending in field, last word of inscription enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

ضرب بدمشق سنة ثلاث ثمانين . . ., fleur-de-lis in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR13951)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ṣāliḥ Ḥājjī II, 1st reign, 1381 - 1382

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

783 AH (=AD 1381-1382)

Obverse

ضرب بالقاهرة سنة ثلث / السلطان الملك الصالح / صلاح الدنيا و الدين حاجي بن / شعبان بن حسن بن محمد بن قلاون / و ثمانين . . ., Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by scalloped linear circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد / رسول الله ارسله بالهدى / و دين الحق ليظهره على / الدين كله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by scalloped linear circle