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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 (HCR16039)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

832 AH (=AD 1428-1429)

Obverse

بخارا, Arabic word in field, enclosed by linear petalled circle

Reverse

في التاريخ سنة اثنان ثلاثين و ثمانمائة, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR16040)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Bukhārā (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

832 AH (=AD 1428-1429)

Obverse

خارا, Arabic word in field, enclosed by linear petalled circle

Reverse

في التاريخ سنة اثنان ثلاثين و ثمانمائة, Arabic inscription in field

Ottoman coin (HCR16807)

Period

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Edirne (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Mangır

Dating

832 AH (= AD 1428-1429)

Obverse

مراد بن / ٨٣٢ / محمد خان, Arabic inscription in field, divided into four compartments by one horizontal and one upward curving line, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ضرب ادرنه, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by one horizontal lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR14034)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Barsbāy, 1422 - 1438

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

[8]32 AH (=AD 1429-1430)

Obverse

برسباى / الملك الاشرف / ابو النصر / خلد الله ملكه, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double scalloped linear circle

Reverse

بدمشق / لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / اثنن و ثلاثين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double scalloped linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR14037)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Sha‘bān II, 1363 - 1377

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

[8]32 AH (=AD 1429-1430)

Obverse

برسبا. . / . . . ك الاشرف / . . و النصر / . . . و ثلاثين, Arabic inscription in field, chalice centre between third and fourth line, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

. . .اله الا الله / . . .د رسول الله / . . . . و ثلاثين, Arabic inscription in field enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR15971)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Qumm (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

833 AH (=AD 1429-1430)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / ٣ قم ٨٣, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by multilobe, 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 (HCR14036)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ashraf Barsbāy, 1422 - 1438

Mint

Dimashq (Damascus)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

[8]33 AH (=AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

برسباى / الملك الاشرف / ابو النصر / ثلاث و ثلاثين, Arabic inscription in field, chalice centre within third line of inscription, enclosed by scalloped linear circle

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / بدمشق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by scalloped linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR15946)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

834 AH (=AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / هراة / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / سنة, 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 within petals

Islamic coin (HCR15947)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

834 AH (=AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / هراة / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / سنة ٨٣٤, 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 around in segments within petals, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR15965)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Lār (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

834 AH (=AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

(ضرب) / (السلطان) الاعظم / شاه رخ بهادر / لار / خلد الله ملكه / سنة ٨٣٤, a quatered concave square centre with Arabic inscription around, all enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15987)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

83x (perhaps 834) AH (=AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / شيراز / شاه رخ بهادر خلد الله / ملكه و سلطانه / سنة . . ٣(٨), Arabic inscription in field with mint name between second and third line, enclosed by multilobe

Reverse

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

Ottoman coin (HCR16798)

Period

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

834 AH (= AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

مراد بن محمد خان ٨٣٤, Arabic inscription in field, divided into four compartments by two intersecting lines joined by a ring, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه ضرب برسه, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by two horizontal interlinking lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16805)

Period

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Edirne (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

834 AH (= AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

مراد بن / ٨٣٤ / محمد خان, Arabic inscription in field, divided into four compartments by two intersecting lines joined by a rosette in the centre, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ضرب ادرنه, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by two horizontal interlinking lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16814)

Period

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Serez (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

834 AH (= AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ضرب سرز, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by two horizontal interlinking lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16815)

Period

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Serez (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

834 AH (= AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ضرب سرز, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by two horizontal interlinking lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16816)

Period

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Serez (Ottoman) (stated mint)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

834 AH (= AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ضرب سرز, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by two horizontal interlinking lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Ottoman coin (HCR16817)

Period

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451

Mint

Serez (Ottoman)

Denom.

Akçe

Dating

834 AH (= AD 1430-1431)

Obverse

Reverse

خلد ملكه / ضرب سرز, Arabic inscription in field, divided into two horizontal segments by two horizontal interlinking lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR15936)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Astarābad (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

835 AH (=AD 1431-1432)

Obverse

ضرب / استرابلد / ٨٣٥, 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, Arabc inscription in field, enclosed by plain square, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments,

Islamic coin (HCR16008)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Yazd (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

835 AH (=AD 1431-1432)

Obverse

ضرب / السلطان الاعظم / ابو الغازي سلطان حسين / بهادر خلد الله تعالى ملكه / و سلطانه / سنة ٨٣٥ / يزد, Arabic inscription in field with Arabic word centre inside mithrab-shaped frame, enclosed by mulilobe and plain and beaded circles

Reverse

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

Islamic coin (HCR15937)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shāhrukh, 1405 - 1447

Mint

Astarābad (Islamic)

Denom.

Tanka

Dating

836 AH (=AD 1432-1433)

Obverse

٨٣٦ / 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 around in segments