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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).

Ottoman coin (HCR16808)

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Edirne (Ottoman)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

828 AH (AD = 1424-1425)

Obverse

مراد / بن محمد خان / [عز نصره], Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a linear circle

Reverse

ضرب اد / رنه ٨٢٨ / خلد ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three radial sectors clockwise, with a five-pointed star in the middle

Islamic coin (HCR15932)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Abarqūh (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

829 AH (=AD 1425-1426)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / ابرقوه سنة ٨٢٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in segments, all enclosed by octogon.

Islamic coin (HCR15935)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Astarābad (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

(82)9 AH (=AD 1425-1426)

Obverse

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

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15945)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

829 AH (=AD 1425-1426)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / هراة ٨٢٩, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Ararbic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments within petals, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR15973)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Sabzawār (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

(82)8 AH (=AD 1425-1426)

Obverse

السلطان / الاعظم شاهرخ / ضرب / خلد الله ملكه / و سلطان سبز / وار ٨(٨٢), Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square inscribed within a circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in four petals

Islamic coin (HCR15999)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Tārum (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

829 AH (=AD 1425-1426)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / طارم / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / سنة ٨٢٩, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR16004)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Yazd (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

829 AH (=AD 1425-1426)

Obverse

ضرب يزد / السلطان الاعظم / ابو الغازي سلطان حسين / بهادر خلد الله تعالى ملكه / و سلطانه / سنة ٨٢٩, Arabic inscription in field with second Arabic inscription interlinearly, enclosed by multilobe, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR6456)

Period

Person

al-Ashraf Barsbāy, 1422 - 1438

Mint

al-Qāhira (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

830 AH (=AD 1426-1427)

Obverse

. / السلطان الملك الاشرف / ابو النصر برسباى عز نصره / عام ثلاثين و ثمان . ., Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two braided lines

Reverse

ارسله / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / بالهدى, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two braided lines

Islamic coin (HCR15976)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

830 AH (=AD 1426-1427)

Obverse

(ضرب) / السلطان الاعظم / ضرب ٨٣٠ / امير شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / سمرقند / سمرقند / ملكه و سلطانه, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15977)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Simnān (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

830 AH (=AD 1426-1427)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / سمنان / سنة ٨٣٠؟, Arabic inscription in field with mint name between third and fourth lines, enclosed by uncertain border

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field divided by horizontal line, enclosed by plain circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in four petals

Islamic coin (HCR16006)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Yazd (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

830 AH (=AD 1426-1427)

Obverse

ضرب يزد / السلطان الاعظم / ابو الغازي سلطان حسين / بهادر خلد الله تعالى ملكه / و سلطانه / سنة ٨٣٠, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise within petals in segments, all enclosed by traces of plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR16007)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Yazd (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

830 AH (=AD 1426-1427)

Obverse

ضرب يزد / السلطان الاعظم / ابو الغازي سلطان حسين / بهادر خلد الله تعالى ملكه / و سلطانه / سنة ٨٣٠, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe, enclosed by traces of plain and beaded circles

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscriptions anti-clockwise in petals in segments, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR15953)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Huwayza (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

83x AH (=AD 1427-1436)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / حويزه ٨٣, Arabic inscription in field with mint name between second and third line, enclosed by multilobe and plain circle

Reverse

Islamic coin (HCR15958)

Period

Person

Abū Sa‘īd, 1316 - 1336

Mint

Khwārizm (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

831 AH (=AD 1427-1428)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خان خلد / ملكه و سلطانه / خوارزم ٨٢١, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

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 (HCR15959)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Khwārizm (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

831 AH (=AD 1427-1428)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خان خلد / ملكه و سلطانه / خوارزم, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR14137)

Period

Person

al-Ashraf Barsbāy, 1422 - 1438

Mint

Ḥamāh (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

[83]1 AH (=AD 1428-1429)

Obverse

السلطان الملك / عام احد . . . / داع؟, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ب؟الملك لله / اله الا ال . . / . . . سول ال, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR15963)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Kirmān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

832 AH (=AD 1428-1429)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / كرمان ٨٣٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe, all enclosed by plain circle

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, enclosed by quatrefoil, all enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR15969)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Qazwīn (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

832 AH (=AD 1428-1429)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / قزوين ٨٣٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15974)

Period

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Sabzawār (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

832 AH (=AD 1428-1429)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / سبزوار / ٣٨٢, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe

Reverse

لا اله الا / الله محمد / رسول الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain square inscribed within a circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in four petals

Islamic coin (HCR16038)

Period

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

832 AH (=AD 1428-1429)

Obverse

بخارا, Arabic word in field, enclosed by linear petalled circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

في التاريخ سنة اثنان ثلاثين و ثمانمائة, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles