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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 (HCR11843)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Dating

200 (=AD 815–816)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by two circles with annulets

Reverse

الله احد الله / الصمد لم يلد و / ولم يولد ولم يكن / له كفوا احد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h

Islamic coin (HCR10798)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-‘Irāq (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

201 AH (=AD 816-817)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له / العراق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 230h

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول / الله / ذو الرئاستين / ر, Arabic inscription in field, Arabic letter 'rā’' centre below field inscription, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33, in part) anti-clockwise in margin from 3h

Islamic coin (HCR11165)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Iṣbahān (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

201 AH (=AD 816-817)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له / المشرق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, enclosed by two linear circles, six sets of equidistant annulets in pattern 'oo ⦾ oo ⦾ oo ⦾', all enclosed by traces of linear circle

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول / الله / ذو الرثاستين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 2h, all enclosed by traces of pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR11166)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Iṣbahān (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

201 AH (=AD 816-817)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له / المشرق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, enclosed by pointillate circle and six equidistant annulets of type '⦾'

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول / الله / ذو الرثاستين, Arabic inscription in field, two points above last line of field inscription, two horizontal pellets below field inscription, enclosed by pointillate circle, Araic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 2h, all enclosed by traces of pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR11167)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Iṣbahān (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

201 AH (=AD 816-817)

Obverse

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, enclosed by linear circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 30:4, in part) anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Reverse

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 2h

Islamic coin (HCR11178)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Faḍl b. Sahl [b. ‘Abd Allāh Zadhānfarūkh]

Mint

al-Muḥammadīya (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

201 AH (=AD 816-817)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around from 1h, all enclosed by two linear circles and six large equidistant annulets

Reverse

لله / رسول / الله / حمويه / ذو الرئاستين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by three linear circles, enclosed by partially obscured Arabic inscription

Islamic coin (HCR11204)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

201 AH (=AD 816-817)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له / المشرق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, enclosed by two pointillate circles and five equidistant annulets

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول / الله / ذو الرئاستين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 2h

Islamic coin (HCR11591)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Abd Allāh(?) Rustamī, ‘Alī

Mint

al-Maṣīṣa Thaghr al-Maṣīṣa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

unknown (3rd c. AH)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, eight-pointed star centre below field inscription, enclosed by traces of linear cirle and traces of annulets

Reverse

رستمى / محمد / رسول / الله / علي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, margin obliterated

Islamic coin (HCR11592)

Period

Islamic

Person

‘Abd Allāh(?) Rustamī, ‘Alī

Mint

al-Maṣīṣa Thaghr al-Maṣīṣa (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

unknown (3rd c. AH)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, two horizontal pellets centre below field inscription, enclosed by two pointillate circles, annulets visible at 1h, 830h, and 11h, all enclosed by traces of pointillate circle

Reverse

رستمى / محمد / رسول / الله / علي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from ?h

Islamic coin (HCR11844)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Andalus (Islamic)

Dating

201 (=AD 816–817)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by three circles with annulets

Reverse

الله احد الله / الصمد لم يلد و / ولم يولد ولم يكن / له كفوا احد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1230h, enclosed by three circle

Islamic coin (HCR11205)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ma’mūn, 813 - 833, al-Ridā

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

202 AH (=AD 817-818)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له / المشرق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin 1h, all enclosed by traces of pointillate circle

Reverse

لله / محمد رسول الله / المامون خليفة الله / مما امر به الامير الرضا / ولي عهد المسلمين علي بن موسى / بن علي بن ابي طالب / ذو الرئاستين, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription (9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 2h, all enclosed by traces of pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR10799)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

203 AH (=AD 818-819)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

محمد / رسول / الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Islamic coin (HCR11594)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

circa 203-205 AH (=AD 818-821)

Obverse

مما امر به / الأمير السري / بن الحكم / يزيد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

علي يدي / محمد / بن السري / زياد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR10803)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ṭāhir b. al-Ḥusayn, al-Sarī b. al-Ḥakam al-Zuttī

Mint

Miṣr (Islamic)

Denom.

Dinar

Dating

204 AH (=AD 819-820)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له / المغرب, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 2h

Reverse

لله طاهر/ محمد / رسول / الله / السري, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 2h

Islamic coin (HCR11152)

Period

Islamic

Person

al-Ma’mūn, 813 - 833, Ḥamīd

Mint

Madīnat al-Salām (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

204 AH (=AD 819-820)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by two pointillate circles and four sets of equidistant annulets of type 'oo'

Reverse

الخليفة المامون / محمد / رسول / الله / حميد, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two linear circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription (sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 2h, all enclosed by linear circle and equidistant annulets

Islamic coin (HCR11155)

Period

Islamic

Mint

al-Baṣra (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

204 AH (=AD 819-820)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, enclosed by pointillate circle, all enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 30:4) anti-clockwise in margin from 1h, beginning with large annulet

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول / الله, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two pointillate circles, Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 2h, all enclosed by traces of pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR11206)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Samarqand (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

204 AH (=AD 819-820)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله و حده / لا شريك له / المشرق, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, enclosed by two pointillate circles, six equidistant sets of annulets in pattern 'O oo O oo O oo'

Reverse

لله / محمد / رسول / الله / ذو الرئاستين / العلا, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two pointillate circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 2h, all enclosed by pointillate circle

Islamic coin (HCR11210)

Period

Islamic

Mint

Ṣan‘ā (Islamic)

Denom.

Dirham

Dating

204 or 207 AH (=AD 819-823)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed enclosed by traces of Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Reverse

محمد / محمد / رسول / الله / الافريقي, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin

Islamic coin (HCR11557)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ghassān b. ‘Abbād

Mint

Nīshāpūr (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

204 (AD= 819–829)

Islamic coin (HCR11558)

Period

Islamic

Person

Ghassān b. ‘Abbād, Sahl

Mint

Naysābūr (Islamic)

Denom.

Fals

Dating

204 AH (= AD 819–820)

Obverse

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / عدل, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 1h

Reverse

محمد / رسول / الله / سهل, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 2h