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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 (HCR18882)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Harāt (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1194 AH (=AD 1780)

Obverse

چرخ مى آرد طلا و نقره از خورشيد و ماه * تا كند بر چهره نقش سكه تيمور شاه, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب هرات جلوس ميمنت مأنوس ١١۹۴, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR18900)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Multān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1194 AH (=AD 1780)

Obverse

فلوس تيمور شاه پادشاه درّ درانى ١١٩٤, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

جلوس مبارك ضرب ماتان ٣, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18902)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Multān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1195 AH (=AD 1780)

Obverse

فلوس تيمور شاه پادشاه درّ درانى ١١٩٥, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

جلوس مبارك ضرب ماتان, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR12295)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Marrakesh (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

1196 (AD= 1781–1782)

Islamic coin (HCR16223)

Period

Islamic

Person

Karīm Khān, 1753 - 1779

Mint

Tiflīs

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1195 AH (=AD 1781)

Obverse

الحمد لله / رب العالمين, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

يا كريم / ضرب تفليس ١١٩٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by lobated square, enclosed by plain and beaded circles, Arabic word in small cartouche above (off flan)

Islamic coin (HCR16227)

Period

Islamic

Person

Karīm Khān, 1753 - 1779

Mint

Tiflīs

Denom.

1/2 abazi

Dating

1195 AH (=AD 1781)

Obverse

الحمد لله / رب العالمين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by octofoil, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

يا كريم / ضرب تفليس ١١٩٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR18481)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ṣādiq Khān, 1779 - 1781

Mint

Kāshān (Islamic)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1195? AH (=AD 1781)

Obverse

شد آفتاب و ماه زر و سيم در جهان * از سكه امام بحق صاحب الزمان, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

يا كريم / ضرب دار المؤمنين كاشان ١١٩٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain mutlilobe

Islamic coin (HCR18483)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ṣādiq Khān, 1779 - 1781

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1195 AH (=AD 1781)

Obverse

شد آفتاب و ماه زر و سيم در جهان * از سكه امام بحق صاحب الزمان, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

يا كريم / ضرب دار العلم شيراز ١١٩٥, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR18901)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Multān (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1195 AH (=AD 1781)

Obverse

فلوس تيمور شاه پادشاه درّ درانى ١١٩٥, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

جلوس مبارك ضرب ماتان, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR16634)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Manṣūr ‘Alī, 1775 - 1809

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1196 AH (=AD 1782)

Obverse

الامام / دام نصره / ١١٩٦, Five petal rosette centre, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

المنصور / ضربت صنعا, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR17468)

Period

Mint

Constantinople (Ottoman)

Denom.

Para

Dating

1197 (AD= 1774–1774)

Obverse

ضرب في / قسطنطنية / ١١٨٧, Tughra above legend

Islamic coin (HCR18866)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Bhakhar (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1196 AH (=AD 1782)

Obverse

چرخ مى آرد طلا ونقره از خورشيد وماه / تا كند بر چهره نقش سكة تيمور شاه, Persian inscription in and around central cartouche, all enclosed by plain and pointillate circles

Reverse

ضرب بهكهر جلوس ميمنت مأنوس ۱۱۹۶, Persian inscription in field, enclosed by cartouche

Islamic coin (HCR99793)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Abd al-Shakūr, 1783 - 1794

Mint

Harar (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 1197 AH (=AD 1782-1783)

Obverse

(السلطان) / (عبد) / الشكور, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب في / الهرر / ١١٩٦؟, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18485)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Alī Murād, 1782 - 1785

Mint

Shīrāz (Islamic)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1197 AH (=AD 1783)

Obverse

شد آفتاب و ماه زر و سيم در جهان * از سكه امام بحق صاحب الزمان, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

يا على / ضرب دار العلم شيراز ١١٩٧, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by plain circle, Arabic word in separate circle above

Islamic coin (HCR18703)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Panāhābād (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

1198 AH (=AD 1783-1784)

Obverse

none, lion right with rising sun behind in field

Reverse

ضرب فلوس پناه آباد ١١٩٨, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Islamic coin (HCR18858)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Atak (Attock) (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

119(7) AH (=AD 1783)

Obverse

چرخ مى آرد طلا ونقره از خورشيد وماه / تا كند بر چهره نقش سكة تيمور شاه / ١١٩٧, Persian inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two lines

Reverse

ضرب اتك سنة جلوس ميمنت مأنوس ١١, Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two lines

Islamic coin (HCR18859)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Atak (Attock) (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1198 AH (=AD 1783-1784)

Obverse

چرخ مى آرد طلا ونقره از خورشيد وماه / تا كند بر چهره نقش سكة تيمور شاه / ١١٩٨, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب اتك سنة جلوس ميمنت مأنوس ١٣, Arabic inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR18861)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Balkh (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

(11)98 AH (=AD 1783-1784)

Obverse

فلوس تيموري, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب بلخ ٩٨(١١), Arabic inscription in field, eight-pointed star in field

Islamic coin (HCR18893)

Period

Islamic

Person

Taymūr Shāh, 1774 - 1793

Mint

Kashmīr (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1197 AH (=AD 1783)

Obverse

چرخ مى آرد طلا و نقره از خورشيد و ماه * تا زند بر چهره نقش سكه تيمور شاه / ١١٩٧, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب كشمير سنه ١٠, Persian inscription in field

Islamic coin (HCR16224)

Period

Islamic

Person

Karīm Khān, 1753 - 1779

Mint

Tiflīs

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1198 AH (=AD 1784)

Obverse

الحمد لله / رب العالمين, Arabic inscription in field

Reverse

يا كريم / ضرب تفليس ١١٩٨, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by lobated square, enclosed by plain and beaded circles, Arabic word in small cartouche above (off flan)