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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 (HCR19192)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1285 AH (=AD 1868-1869)

Obverse

زعين مرحمت كردگار لم يزلي * بيافت سكه رواج از اميرعلى, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

يا امير كل امير قندهار ١٢۸۵, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR19193)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Qandahār (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

qirān

Dating

1285 AH (=AD 1868-1869)

Obverse

زعين مرحمت كردگار لم يزلي * بيافت سكه رواج از اميرعلى, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Reverse

يا امير كل امير قندهار ١٢۸۵, Arabic inscription in field, vine pattern background, enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Islamic coin (HCR12377)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

2 Fals

Dating

1286 (=AD 1869–1870)

Islamic coin (HCR12378)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

2 Fals

Dating

1286 (=AD 1869–1870)

Islamic coin (HCR12379)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1286 (=AD 1869–1870)

Islamic coin (HCR12394)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1286 (=AD 1869–1870)

Islamic coin (HCR12395)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1286 (=AD 1869–1870)

Islamic coin (HCR12396)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Marrakesh (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1286 (=AD 1869–1870)

Islamic coin (HCR12397)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Marrakesh (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1286 (=AD 1869–1870)

Islamic coin (HCR17883)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1277/10 (AD= 1869–1870)

Islamic coin (HCR17884)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Kuruş

Dating

1277/10 (AD= 1869–1870)

Islamic coin (HCR17891)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

Para (10)

Dating

1277/10 (AD= 1869–1870)

Islamic coin (HCR17898)

Period

Ottoman

Mint

Misr

Denom.

20 Para

Dating

1277/10 (AD= 1869–1870)

Islamic coin (HCR18565)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, 1847 - 1895

Mint

Iṣfahān (Islamic)

Denom.

Shāhī

Dating

1286 AH (=AD 1869-1870)

Obverse

السلطان ابن السلطان ناصر الدين شاه قاجار, Persian inscription in field

Reverse

ضرب دار السلطان اصفهان ١٢٨٦, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles, a pointillate circle, and a final thin plain circle

Islamic coin (HCR19177)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Kābul (Islamic)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1286 AH (=AD 1869-1870)

Obverse

امير شير على خان ١٢٨۶, Persian inscription in the form of a three-stem toughra, vine pattern background

Reverse

يك روپيه / ضرب ١٢٨۶ دار السلطنه كابل, Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Islamic coin (HCR19178)

Period

Islamic

Person

Shīr ‘Alī, 1863 - 1879

Mint

Kābul (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

rupee

Dating

1286 AH (=AD 1869-1870)

Obverse

Persian inscription in the form of a three-stem toughra, vine pattern background

Reverse

Persian inscription in field, vine pattern background

Islamic coin (HCR12380)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1287 (AD= 1870–1871)

Islamic coin (HCR12381)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Fās (Islamic)

Denom.

4 Fals

Dating

1287 (AD= 1870–1871)

Islamic coin (HCR16147)

Period

Islamic

Person

Khudāyār, 3rd reign, 1865 - 1875

Mint

Khūqand (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

tenga

Dating

1287 AH (=AD 1870-1871)

Obverse

سيد محمد خدايار خان ١٢٨۷, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented border

Reverse

ضرب خوقند لطيف ١٢٨۷, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by ornamented border

Islamic coin (HCR18574)

Period

Islamic

Person

Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, 1847 - 1895

Mint

Mashhad (Islamic)

Denom.

‘abbāsī

Dating

1287 AH (=AD 1870-1871)

Obverse

السلطان ابن السلطان ناصر الدين شاه قاجار / ١٢٨٧, Persian inscription in the form of a toughra, all enclosed by thin plain and beaded circles

Reverse

ضرب ارض قدس امام عليه السلام, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double thin plain circles, all enclosed by beaded circles