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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 (HCR16240)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qarā Yūsuf, 1411 - 1420

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

one-third tanka

Dating

circa 814-821 AH (=AD 1411-1418)

Obverse

سلطان پير / بوطاق (كذا) خان / امير شاه يوسف / بهادر نويان / ضرب ارزمجان, blundered Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by compound hexafoil, a pointillate oval "countermark" (contents illegible) in the centre of the field, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles,

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, blundered Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by lobated square, four knots within lobe of square, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR16241)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qarā Yūsuf, 1411 - 1420

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

one-third tanka

Dating

circa 814-821 AH (=AD 1411-1418)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16242)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qarā Yūsuf, 1411 - 1420

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

one-third tanka

Dating

circa 814-821 AH (=AD 1411-1418)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16243)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qarā Yūsuf, 1411 - 1420

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

circa 814-821 AH (=AD 1411-1418)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16244)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qarā Yūsuf, 1411 - 1420

Mint

Arzinjān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

one-third tanka

Dating

circa 814-821 AH (=AD 1411-1418)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16246)

Period

Islamic

Person

Pīr Būdāq

Mint

Bāyburt (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

1/3 dirham

Dating

circa 814-821 AH (=AD 1411-1418)

Obverse

سلطان پير / . . . داق خان / . . . . . / . . . بايبرت, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by uncertain border

Reverse

poorly preserved (as SICA 9: 124), mostly obscured Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by lobated square

Islamic coin (HCR16247)

Period

Islamic

Person

Pīr Būdāq

Mint

Bidlīs (Islamic)

Denom.

2 dirham

Dating

circa 814-821 AH (=AD 1411-1418)

Obverse

خلد بعزته / السلطان العادل / پير بوداق خان / شاه يوسف نويان / ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear hexagon and looped multilobe, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field with Arabic inscriptions interlinearly and around, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR16531)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, al-Nāṣir Aḥmad, 913 - 937

Mint

Zabīd (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

814 AH (=AD 1411-1412)

Obverse

السلطان الملك الناصر صلاح الدين / بزبيد, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in field and ending in linear circle centre, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, enclosed by octolobe, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا اله الا / ضرب, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in field and ending in linear circle centre, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, enclosed by octolobe, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR16532)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Musta‘ṣim, 1242 - 1258, al-Nāṣir Aḥmad, 913 - 937

Mint

Zabīd (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

814 AH (=AD 1411-1412)

Obverse

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR16564)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Nāṣir Aḥmad, 913 - 937

Mint

‘Adan (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

814 AH (=AD 1411-1412)

Obverse

السلطان الملك الناصر صلاح الدين / ضرب, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise ending within linear circle centre, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا اله الا / بعدن, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise ending within linear circle centre, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR14024)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu’ayyad Shaykh, 1412 - 1422

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

81x AH (=AD 1412-1417)

Obverse

شيخ / ابو النصر / الملك المؤيد / . . . عشر ثمان مائة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two festooned, scalloped intersecting ribbons; each ribbon consists of a line of dots between two parallel simple lines

Reverse

بدمشق / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / ضرب, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two festooned, scalloped intersecting ribbons; each ribbon consists of a line of dots between two parallel simple lines

Islamic coin (HCR15934)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Astarābad (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

816 AH (=AD 1413-1414)

Obverse

ضرب استرابلد ٨١٦, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around,

Reverse

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

Ottoman coin (HCR16789)

Period

Person

Mehmed I, sultan

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

816 AH (= AD 1413-1414)

Obverse

سلطان / بن سلطان محمد با / يزيد خان, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a scalloped and knotted frame, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

ضرب بروس / خلد ٨١٦ ملكه / زيد عمره, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, the middle one divided into three sections by two curved vertical lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16791)

Period

Person

Mehmed I, sultan

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

816 AH (= AD 1413-1414)

Obverse

سلطان / بن سلطان محمد با / يزيد خان, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

ضرب ادرنه / خلد ٨١٦ ملكه / زيد عمره, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, the middle one divided into three sections by two curved vertical lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16792)

Period

Person

Mehmed I, sultan

Mint

Serez (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

816 AH (= AD 1413-1414)

Obverse

سلطان / بن سلطان محمد / بايزيد خان, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

ضرب سرز / خلد ٨١٦ ملكه / زيد عمره, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, the middle one divided into three sections by two curved vertical lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16793)

Period

Person

Mehmed I, sultan

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

816-824 AH (= AD 1413-1421)

Obverse

[سلطان / محمد بن / بايزيد], Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

Eight-petal rosette, enclosed by an octagon, surrounded by three dots per corner, enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR14020)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu’ayyad Shaykh, 1412 - 1422

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

8[1]7 AH (=AD 1414-1415)

Obverse

شيخ / ابو النصر / السلتان الملك المؤيد / القاهرة سبع ثمانمائة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two festooned, scalloped intersecting ribbons; each ribbon consists of a line of dots between two parallel simple lines

Reverse

الله / لا اله الا / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two festooned, scalloped intersecting ribbons; each ribbon consists of a line of dots between two parallel simple lines

Islamic coin (HCR15727)

Period

Islamic

Person

Kibāk, 1414 - 1417

Mint

Būlghār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

circa 817-820 AH (=AD 1414-1417)

Obverse

السلطان / كباك /, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

ضرب / بلغار, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR16245)

Period

Islamic

Person

Qarā Yūsuf, 1411 - 1420

Mint

Baghdād (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

8(1)7? AH (=AD 1414-1415)

Obverse

(السلطان الاعظ)م / (ضرب) / (جلال الد}ين يوسف / بغداد / (خلد) ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR14021)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mu’ayyad Shaykh, 1412 - 1422

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

[81]8 AH (=AD 1415-1416)

Obverse

شيخ / ابو النصر / السلتان الملك المؤيد / القاهرة ثمان ثمانمائة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two festooned, scalloped intersecting ribbons; each ribbon consists of a line of dots between two parallel simple lines

Reverse