Coins of Islam

IMAGE	DESCRIPTION	REFERENCE
	Previously attributed as Khusru 590 - 628 CE, this is an imitation produced in Tarbistan after the fall of the Sassanian Empire to the Muslims. Obv: Khusru right; Crescent & stars Rev: Fire altar. Discovery Channel note: The flame at the center of the Zoroastrian religion has been kept in central Iran for the past 2500 years. The flame has not been extinguished.	?
	Umayyad, Hisham, 105-125 AH/724-743 AD, AR Dirham, anonymous type struck at Wasit 122 AH (mint and date sharp clear) full name Abul Walid Hisham Ibn Abdel Malek, of the Marwanid line, with 5 annulets Lavoix # 524 Obv. inscription: Central -There is no diety except | (the one) God alone. In Margin: In the name of Allah, This Dirham was struck in Wasit in the year 22 and One Hundred (122AH) Rev. He has no equal, God is One God | The eternal and indivisible, who has not begotten, and | has not been begotten and never is there | His equal. Marginal Legend - Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it.	?
	Umayyad Caliphate, temp. Marwan II, AR Dirham AH 127-132 @ 750 CE	Album.142
	Umayyad ae 12 @ 120 AH (738 AD) Obv: Fish with inscription above. Rev: Inscription mint Bayssan	Ilisch, A165 [R]=rare
	Abbassid Al-Muqtadir 908 - 932 CE [320 AH] AR dirhem 28 mm	?
	ISLAMIC DYNASTIES. Kakwayhids. Zahir al din Abu Mansur Faramarz. 1041-1051. AV Dinar (25mm, 3.71 g) Isfahan mint. AH 435 (AD 1043/44). Kalima with mint and date in double marginal legend Titles within single marginal legend Ex: CNG auction 144 lot # 361	MWI 621; Album 1592
	Artuqids of Mardin, Nejm Al Din Alpi. A.H 547-572, (1152-1176) AE Dirhem 30mm. obv: Bust of Antiochus VII in profile. Rev: Legend in late Kufi	?
	Artuqid, Nejm al Din Alpi, AH 547 to 572 (AD 1152 to 1176), citing Caliph Al Mustanjid (AH 555 to 566), AE Dirhem, 10.77 gms. Obv: Two facing heads with Arabic inscriptions around. A facing head with Arabic inscriptions around. Ex: Frank Robinson	Mitchiner Islamic-1029 to 1030
	Zengid, Saif al-Din Ghazi II (1170 - 1180 AD) AE Dirham, Date: AH 567 (1171 / 1172 AD) 28 mm. 10.57 gm. Obverse: Male bust with Turkish features facing slightly left, hair in knot at forehead; two winged creatures above. Kufic legend right and left (date, beginning on the left). Reverse: Four line Kufic legend; legend in field.	S/S 60.3
	Artuqids of Mardin, Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II (1176 - 1184 AD) AE Dirham, (10.90 gm.) Minted - AH 580 (1184/1185 AD) Obverse: Two diademed busts facing, both draped in Byzantine fashion (Sun and Mercury). Reverse: Five line Kufic legend. For More on Artuqid coins click this.	S/S 32.4
	Artuqids of Mardin. Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, 1184-1201. AE Dirhem 31 mm 15.33 g). Mars seated wielding sword and holding severed head. legend within 3 circles Ex: Wayne Sayles	S/S 36.1
	Artuqids of Mardin, Hosam Al Din A.H. 580-597 AE 32 (1184-1201) Obv: Four full-length figures in different postures within a beaded circle. The mourning of Saladin Rev: Legend in late Kufic. YEAR 589 - @ 1193 AD	S/S 35
	Zengid, Qutb al-Din Muhammud bin Zengi AE Dirham, (7.35 gm.) AH 596 (1199 / 1200 AD), Sinjar mint Obverse: Heroic male bust left, holding scepter and shield; Kufic legend. Reverse: Four line central Kufic legend; marginal legends.	S/S 81.1
	Artuqids of Mardin, Hosam Al Din A.H. 580-597 AE 32 (1184-1200) Obv: Four full-length figures in different postures within a beaded circle. The mourning of Saladin Rev: Legend in late Kufic. YEAR 589 - @ 1221 AD	S/S 35
	Artuqids of Mardin, Nasir al-Din Mahmud (1200 - 1222 AD), AE Dirhem 26 mm; minted AH 617 (1220/1221 AD) obv: Two-headed eagle. Rev: Three line Kufic legend in beaded border	S/S 15. scarce.
	Seljuks of Rum, Kay Khusro II, 638-4 AD/ 1239-1243 AD. AR Dirhem 2.97 gm. obv: Lion walking right, Sunface above, stars in field (astrological reference to the sun in Leo) Rev: Kufic legend within square. Ex; Sayles	Hennequin 1803
	ALMOHADS, Abu Ya'qub Yusuf ibn Ya'qub 685-706AH/1286-1307AD AR dirhem 18 mm Northern Africa	Vives 2107 ?
	Muzaffarids, Shah Shu Jaa©–, 759-786 AH/ 1358-1386 AD, AR 2 dinars Type of Shiraz	Album # 2282.7
	Nasir al-Din Nusrat silver Tanka, 25.5 mm Bengal Sultanate. (AH 925-938/ 1519-1531 AD). dated AH 924. with two small countermarks on the reverse; border of criss-crosses and dots. Rx: Reverse: Stylized humped bull with Brahmi name above Husaynabad mint	Goron and Goenka B824
	Mughal India, Shah Jahan 1628-58 AD Obverse: Persian legend.. Rx: Persian legend. . KM 222.2. Ahmadabad - mint. Mughal Ruler who built the Taj Mahal	?
	Safavid, Shahs of Iran Sultan Hussein, 1105-1135 AH / 1694-1722 AD AR ABBASSI 28 MM, 5.4 GRMS Struck at the city of Isfahanin 1131 AH	Album # 2674
	Ottoman Empire, Mahmud II 1810 CE [1224 AH] AR 20 Paras 22 mm.	?
	Ottoman Empire, Abdul Mejid 1839 - 1861 CE [1255 AH] AR 20 Piastras 36 mm.	?
	Ottoman Empire, Abdul Aziz 1861 CE [1277 AH] AE 5 Paras 24 mm.	?