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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 (HCR18671)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Īrawān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1108 AH (=AD 1696-1697)

Obverse

none, Peacock left, branches around, enclosed by pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب فلوس ايروان ١١٠٨, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle

Islamic coin (HCR18672)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Īrawān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1108 AH (=AD 1696-1697)

Obverse

none, Peacock left, branches around, enclosed by pointillate circle

Reverse

ضرب فلوس ايروان ١١٠٨, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18310)

Period

Islamic

Person

Sulṭān Ḥusayn I, 1694 - 1722

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

1112 AH (=AD 1700-1701)

Obverse

زد از توفيق حق به چهره زر * سكه سلطان حسين دين ـپرور, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by beaded circle

Islamic coin (HCR16622)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mahdī Muḥammad, 1699 - 1718

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1114 AH (=AD 1702-1703)

Obverse

المهدي لدين الله امير المؤمنين عبد الله ١١١٤, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription in margin from 3h anti-clockwise (Sura 9:33, in part) , all surrounded by beaded circle

Reverse

none visible, obliterated

Islamic coin (HCR17342)

Period

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Burbe

Dating

1114 (=AD 1702–1703)

Islamic coin (HCR17343)

Period

Mint

Tunis (Islamic)

Denom.

Burbe

Dating

1114 (=AD 1702–1703)

Islamic coin (HCR16623)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Mahdī Muḥammad, 1699 - 1718

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1115 AH (=AD 1703-1704)

Obverse

لدين الله امير المؤمنين / المهدي ١١١٥, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin and ending within circle centre, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول / الله, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin and ending within circle centre, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles