AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY: ISLAMIC COLLECTION


by Roxani Margariti
(Shaykh Hamad Fellow in Islamic Numismatics, 1997-98)

Axumite



Tray 1        
empty        
        
        

Tray 2        
Axum (Endubis, Ellabaz)        
        
        

Tray 3        
Axum (Cheleb, Hataz)        
        
        

Tray 4        
Axum (Misc. photos, casts, correspondence)        
        
        

Tray 5        
empty        
        
        

Sasanian



Tray 6        
Sasanian (Ardashir I-Shapur I, 226-271)        
        
        

Tray 7        
Sasanian (Hormazd I-Bahram II, 271-292)        
        
        

Tray 8        
Sasanian (Bahram III-Hormazd II, 292-309)        
        
        

Tray 9        
Sasanian (Shapur II-Ardashir II, 309-384)        
        
        

Tray 10        
Sasanian (Shapur III-Yazdagird I, 383-420)        
        
        

Tray 11        
Sasanian (Bahram V-Yazdagird II, 420-457)        
        
        

Tray 12        
Sasanian (Firuz-Balash, 457-488)        
        
        

Tray 13        
empty        
        
        

Tray 14        
Sasanian (Kavad I-Jamasp, 488-531)        
        
        

Tray 15        
Sasanian (Khusraw I, 531-578)        
        
        

Tray 16        
Sasanian (Khusraw I, 531-578)        
        
        

Tray 17        
Sasanian (Hormazd IV, 578-590)        
Mints: A-M        
        

Tray 18        
Sasanian (Hormazd IV, 578-590)        
Mints: NAR-YZ        
        

Tray 19        
Sasanian (Bahram VI-Khusraw II, 590-628)        
        
        

Tray 20        
Sasanian (Khusraw II, 590-628)        
Mints: AM, ART, AW        
        

Tray 21        
Sasanian (Khusraw II, 590-628)        
Mints: AYR, AYRAN, BN, BYSH        
        

Tray 22        
Sasanian (Khusraw II, 590-628)        
Mints: DA, DR, GD        
        

Tray 23        
Sasanian (Khusraw II, 590-628)        
Mints: GW, MB, MY, NAR, NAZWN, NB        
        

Tray 24        
Sasanian (Khusraw II, 590-628)        
Mints: NH, NYH, NYHC        
        

Tray 25        
Sasanian (Khusraw II, 590-628)        
Mints: PR, RAM, RD, RMB?, RYW        
        

Tray 26        
Sasanian (Khusraw II, 590-628)        
Mints: SK, ST, ShB        
        

Tray 27        
empty        
        
        

Tray 28        
Sasanian (Khusraw II, 590-628)        
Mints: WRC?, YZ, xMB, TB, unidentified        
        

Tray 29        
Sasanian (Kavad II-Yazdagird III, 627-651)        
        
        

Tray 30        
empty        
        
        

Tray 31        
Sasanian copper        
        
        

Tray 32        
Sasanian unattributed (rubbings and photos)        
        
        

Tray 33        
Sasanian (casts, Newell notes on Sasanian/Arab-Sasanian hoard)        
        
        

Tray 34        
empty        
        
        

General Indices



Tray 35        
dynasty index        
        
        

Tray 36        
mint index (A-K)        
        
        

Tray 37        
mint index (L-Z)        
        
        

Tray 38        
empty        
        
        

Tray 39        
empty        
        
        

Umayyad Era, 651-750



Tray 40        
Umayyad mint index        
        
        

Tray 41        
Umayyad        
Khurasan        
Mints: Nishabur, Sarakhs, Marw, Herat        

Tray 42        
Umayyad        
Khurasan        
Mints: al-Mubaraka, Balkh, Qumis, APNRAN?, HWPASAN?        

Tray 43        
Umayyad        
Sijistan        
Mint: Sijistan        

Tray 44        
Umayyad        
Kirman        
Mints: Bardashir, Khabis, Jiruft        

Tray 45        
empty        
        
        

Tray 46        
Umayyad        
Fars        
Mints: Istakhr, Yazd?        

Tray 47        
Umayyad        
Fars        
Mint: Bishapur        

Tray 48        
Umayyad        
Fars        
Mint: Bishapur        

Tray 49        
Umayyad        
Fars        
Mints: ART, TART, GUR        

Tray 50        
Umayyad        
Fars        
Mint: Darabjird        

Tray 51        
Umayyad        
Fars        
Mints: Darabjird, Biramqubadh (=Arrajan)        

Tray 52        
empty        
        
        

Tray 53        
Umayyad        
Khuzistan        
Mints: al-Sus, Ramhurmuz, Surraq, Suq al-Ahwaz, Manadhir, Nahr Tira, Junday-Sabur        

Tray 54        
Umayyad        
Jibal        
Mints: Mah al-Kufa, Hamadhan, Dastawa, Nihawand, Mah al-Basra, al-Rayy        

Tray 55        
Umayyad        
Jibal        
Mints: Jayy, al-Taymara, Mihrjanqudhaq, Mahi?        

Tray 56        
Umayyad        
Southern Iraq        
Mints: al-Basra, Abarqubadh, Dasht Maysan, al-Furat, Maysan, al-Samiya        

Tray 57        
Umayyad        
Northern Iraq        
Mints: al-Kufa, Bihqubadh al-Awsat, Bahurasir, al-Jisr, al-Al, Wasit        

Tray 58        
Umayyad        
Northern Iraq        
Mint: Wasit        

Tray 59        
Umayyad        
unspecified        
uncertain eastern mints (incl. Arab-Sasanian silvers and coppers, "Byzantine," Abbasid partisan)        

Tray 60        
Umayyad        
Caucasus Provinces        
Mints: Harran, al-Mawsil, Dabil, Janza?, al-Jazira, Saruj?, al-Ruha, Nisibin        

Tray 61        
Umayyad        
Syria        
Mints: Qinnasrin, Halab, Ma`arrat Misrin, Manbij, Sarmin        

Tray 62        
Umayyad        
Syria        
Mint: Hims        

Tray 63        
Umayyad        
Syria        
Mints: Hims, Tardus        

Tray 64        
Umayyad        
Syria        
No mint names; gold dinars and half-dinars (to 99)        

Tray 65        
Umayyad        
Syria        
No mint names; gold dinars and half dinars (100-132)        

Tray 66        
Umayyad        
Syria        
Mint: Dimashq (dirhams)        

Tray 67        
Umayyad        
Syria        
Mint: Dimashq (imperial coppers, standing caliphs, imitations)        

Tray 68        
Umayyad        
Syria        
Mint: Dimashq (coppers)        

Tray 69        
Umayyad        
Syria        
Mints: Ba`labakk, Busra, Amman        

Tray 70        
Umayyad        
Syria        
Mints: Tabariyya, Baysan, `Akka, Jarash, Adhra'a        

Tray 71        
Umayyad        
Syria        
Mints: Filastin, al-Ramla, Iliya, Ludd, `Asqalan, Yubna        

Tray 72        
Umayyad        
Syria        
Uncertain mints        

Tray 73        
empty        
        
        

Tray 74        
Umayyad-Byzantine types        
Egypt        
Mints: ALEX, MACP        

Tray 75        
Umayyad-Byzantine types        
Egypt        
Mints: other imitation Byzantine        

Tray 76        
Umayyad        
Egypt        
Mints: Misr, al-Fustat Misr, al-Fayyum Misr, Atrib Misr, al-Iskandariyya        

Tray 77        
Umayyad        
North Africa        
Mints: Ifriqiya, Tilimsan, Tanja        

Tray 78        
Umayyad        
Spain        
Mint: al-Andalus        

Tray 79        
empty        
        
        

Tray 80        
Umayyad        
unspecified        
No mint name (shahada only)        

Tray 81        
Umayyad        
unspecified        
no mint name (shahada only)        

Tray 82        
Umayyad        
unspecified        
no mint name (coppers)        

Tray 83        
Umayyad        
unspecified        
Mints: Hims, al-Ramla, "Balkh," "Jubayl," unnamed, uncertain        

Tray 84        
empty        
        
        

`Abbasid Era, 750-945



Tray 85        
indices        
        
        

Tray 86        
`Abbasid        
unspecified        
No mint names; dinars, 132-167        

Tray 87        
`Abbasid        
unspecified        
Mints: no mint names; dinars, 167-213        

Tray 88        
`Abbasid        
unspecified        
Uncertain mints        

Tray 89        
`Abbasid        
unspecified        
No mint name (coppers)        

Tray 90        
`Abbasid        
unspecified        
No mint name (coppers)        

Tray 91        
`Abbasid        
Transoxania        
Mints: Khwarizm, Bukhara, Samarqand, Ma`din al-Shash, al-Shash        

Tray 92        
`Abbasid        
Khurasan, Tukharistan        
Mints: Marw, Balkh, Harat, al-Banjhir, Andarabah        

Tray 93        
`Abbasid        
Kirman, Sijistan        
Mints: Kirman, Sirjan, Jiruft, Zaranj, SK?, Bust        

Tray 94        
`Abbasid        
Fars        
Mints: Istakhr, Fars, Na'in, Kurat Darabjird, Fasa', Kurat al-Mahdiyya min Fars        

Tray 95        
`Abbasid        
Fars        
Mints: Biramqubad (=Arrajan), Sabur, Jannaba', Ardashir Khurra, Shiraz        

Tray 96        
`Abbasid        
Khuzistan        
Mints: Junday-Sabur, al-Ahwaz, Suq al-Ahwaz, Tustar, al-Sus        

Tray 97        
empty        
        
        

Tray 98        
`Abbasid        
Caspian        
Mint: Tabaristan (Sasanian type)        

Tray 99        
`Abbasid        
Caspian        
Mints: Tabaristan, Amul, Daylam, Jurjan        

Tray 100        
`Abbasid        
Jibal        
Mints: Jayy/Isfahan, Qumm        

Tray 101        
`Abbasid        
Jibal        
Mints: Mah al-Kufa, Hulwan, Hamadhan, Nihawand, Mah al-Basra, al-Karaj, al-Rayy/al-Muhammadiyya (135-155)        

Tray 102        
`Abbasid        
Jibal        
Mint: al-Rayy/al-Muhammadiyya (156-186)        

Tray 103        
`Abbasid        
Jibal        
Mint: al-Rayy/al-Muhammadiyya (156-186)        

Tray 104        
empty        
        
        

Tray 105        
`Abbasid        
Iraq        
Mint: al-Basra (132-300)        

Tray 106        
`Abbasid        
Iraq        
Mint: al-Basra (301-333), al-Wasit        

Tray 107        
`Abbasid        
Iraq        
Mints: al-Kufa, al-Hashimiyya (132-334)        

Tray 108        
`Abbasid        
Iraq        
Mint: Madinat al-Salam (146-159)        

Tray 109        
`Abbasid        
Iraq        
Mint: Madinat al-Salam/Qasr al-Salam (160-169)        

Tray 110        
`Abbasid        
Iraq        
Mint: Madinat al-Salam (170-218)        

Tray 111        
`Abbasid        
Iraq        
Mints: Madinat al-Salam, al-Qasr al-Fakhir, al-Madina al-Muwaffaqiyya (219-300)        

Tray 112        
`Abbasid        
Iraq        
Mint: Madinat al-Salam (301-334)        

Tray 113        
`Abbasid        
Iraq        
Mints: Samarra, al-Madina al-Muwaffaqiyya (226-331)        

Tray 114        
`Abbasid, Sajid        
Armenia, Arran, Adharbayjan        
Mints: Arminiyya, Harunabad, Tiflis, Ma`din Bajunays, Arran (=Barda`a), al-Yazdiyya, Adharbayjan, Ardabil, Urmiyya (143-355)        

Tray 115        
empty        
        
        

Tray 116        
empty        
        
        

Tray 117        
`Abbasid        
al-Jazira (Diyar Rabi`a)        
Mints: al-Mawsil, Nisibin, Ras al-`Ayn, Sinjar, Balad (145-330)        

Tray 118        
`Abbasid        
al-Jazira (Diyar Mudar, Diyar Bakr)        
Mints: al-Rafiqa, al-Raqqa, Harran, al-Rahba, al-Jazira, Amid (142-327)        

Tray 119        
`Abbasid        
North Syria        
Mints: Tarsus, al-Massisa, Antakiyya, Halab, Qinnasrin, Hims (135-327)        

Tray 120        
`Abbasid        
South Syria        
Mints: Tarablus, Jubayl, Bayrut, Dimashq, Sur, Tabariyya, `Akka, Adhra`a?, al-Ramla, Filastin, Ghazza (134-319)        

Tray 121        
empty        
        
        

Tray 122        
`Abbasid        
Arabia        
Mints: San`a, Sa`da, al-Bahrayn, al-Yamama, Makka, Banu Mismar unnamed mint (132-298)        

Tray 123        
`Abbasid        
Egypt        
Mint: Misr (132-186)        

Tray 124        
`Abbasid        
Egypt        
Mint: Misr (186-218)        

Tray 125        
`Abbasid        
Egypt        
Mints: Misr, Ashmun (218-295)        

Tray 126        
`Abbasid        
Egypt        
Mint: Misr (295-329)        

Tray 127        
empty        
        
        

Tray 128        
`Abbasid        
Ifriqiya        
Mints: Ifriqiya, al-Mahdiyya, al-Abbasiyya, al-Mubaraka        

Tray 129        
Aghlabid        
Ifriqiya        
Mints: Ifriqiya, al-Abbasiyya, Siqilliyya (184-296)        

Tray 130        
empty        
        
        

Tray 131        
Idrisid        
al-Maghrib al-Aqsa (Morocco)        
Mints: Tilimsan, al-`Aliyya, Walila, Wazzaqur, Tudgha, Madinat al-Salam, Yajarhan, Ziz        

Tray 132        
Umayyads of Spain        
Spain        
Mint: al-Andalus; anonymous dirhams (148-167)        

Tray 133        
Umayyads of Spain        
Spain        
Mint: al-Andalus; anonymous dirhams (168-194)        

Tray 134        
Umayyads of Spain        
Spain        
Mint: al-Andalus; anonymous dirhams (195-201)        

Tray 135        
Umayyads of Spain        
Spain        
Mint: al-Andalus; anonymous dirhams (202-220)        

Tray 136        
Umayyads of Spain        
Spain        
Mint: al-Andalus; anonymous dirhams (221-229)        

Tray 137        
empty        
        
        

Tray 138        
Umayyads of Spain        
Spain        
Mint: al-Andalus; anonymous dirhams (230-238)        

Tray 139        
Umayyads of Spain        
Spain        
Mint: al-Andalus; anonymous dirhams (239-250)        

Tray 140        
Umayyads of Spain        
Spain        
Mint: al-Andalus; anonymous dirhams (251-261)        

Tray 141        
Umayyads of Spain        
Spain        
Mint: al-Andalus; anonymous dirhams (262-278)        

Tray 142        
Umayyads of Spain        
Spain        
No mint name, undated copper (mostly late 3rd century)        

Tray 143        
empty        
        
        

Tray 144        
empty        
        
        

Post-`Abbasid era, 945-1258



Tray 145        
Samanid        
Shash        
Mint: al-Shash (281-330)        

Tray 146        
Samanid, Khwarizm, Volga Bulghar        
Shash, Ilaq, Khwarizm, Bulghar        
Mints: al-Shash (332-415), Tunkath Ilaq, Khwarizm        

Tray 147        
Samanid, Ilek Khans, Qarakhanid        
Farghana        
Mints: Akhsikath, Uzkand, Farghana, Qara Urdu, Khujanda        

Tray 148        
Samanid, Banijurid        
al-Khuttal, Rasht, Tirmidh        
Mints: al-Khuttal, Rasht, Tirmidh        

Tray 149        
Samanid, Qarakhanid        
Bukhara        
Mint: Bukhara, Karlukh Urdu        

Tray 150        
Samanid        
Samarqand        
Mint: Samarqand (280-347)        

Tray 151        
Samanid, Khwarizm Shah        
Samarqand        
Mint: Samarqand (350-616)        

Tray 152        
Ghaznavid, Ghurid, Khwarizm Shah        
Ghazna        
Mint: Ghazna (387-618)        

Tray 153        
Samanid, Ghaznavid, Ghurid, Khwarizm Shah        
Ghazna        
Mint: Bamiyan, Farwan, Kabul, Walwalij, Qanduz, Kurraman, Saghaniyan (347-617)        

Tray 154        
Banijurid, Samanid, Ghaznavid        
Tukharistan        
Mint: Andarabah (288-389)        

Tray 155        
Samanid        
Tukharistan        
Mint: Kurat Badakhshan, Ma`din (large dirhams, 306-365)        

Tray 156        
Samanid        
Tukharistan        
No mint name, large dirhams (331-4xx)        

Tray 157        
empty        
        
        

Tray 158        
Ghaznavid        
Tukharistan        
No mint name, uncertain mints (except Mahmudpur [Lahore]), 355-432        

Tray 159        
Ghaznavid        
Tukharistan        
Mo mint name, some possibly from Lahore (355-432)        

Tray 160        
Ghaznavid, Ghurid        
Tukharistan        
Uncertain mints (555-602)        

Tray 161        
Ghurid, Khwarizm        
Tukharistan        
Mints: Pishawar, Multan, Talaqan, Kirman, Qunduz, Yildiz, Balakan, Bamiyan, Khwarizm (c. 570-617)        

Tray 162        
Khwarizm        
Tukharistan        
Mints: Talaqan, Bamiyan, Harat, Kurraman, Ghazna, Qal`at Nay, Farasan?        

Tray 163        
empty        
        
        

Tray 164        
Samanid, Seljuk, Khwarizm, Ghaznavid, Ghurid        
Khurasan        
Mints: Marw, Marw al-Rudh, Sarakhs, Jurjan, Balkh, Harat (to 596)        

Tray 165        
Samanid, Simjurid, Ghaznavid        
Khurasan        
Mint: Nisabur (279-400)        

Tray 166        
Ghaznavid        
Khurasan        
Mint: Nisabur (dirham hoard 386-387)        

Tray 167        
Ghaznavid, Seljuk        
Khurasan        
Mint: Nisabur (401-440)        

Tray 168        
Seljuk, Khwarizm        
Khurasan        
Mints: Nisabur, al-Mu`askar (441-617)        

Tray 169        
Buyid, Seljuk, Saffarid        
Kirman, Sijistan        
Mints: Bardashir, Jiruft, Bamm, al-Sirajan, Zaranj, Sijistan, Kirman (358-619)        

Tray 170        
empty        
        
        

Tray 171        
Buyid        
Fars        
Mints: Arrajan, Jannaba, Shiraz (322-361)        

Tray 172        
Buyid        
Fars        
Mint: Shiraz (362-381)        

Tray 173        
Buyid        
Fars        
Mints: Shiraz, Kazirun (382-395), plus Seljuk coin (459)        

Tray 174        
Buyid        
Fars        
Mints: Kard Fana Khusraw, Siraf, Huzu (322-383)        

Tray 175        
Buyid, Seljuk, Kakwayhid        
Fars        
Mints: Na'in, Fasa, Darabjird, Yazd, Faraj        

Tray 176        
Buyid, Seljuk        
Khuzistan        
Mints: Suq al-Ahwaz (al-Ahwaz, al-`Askar min al-Ahwaz), Ramhurmuz, al-`Askar Mukram (334-514)        

Tray 177        
empty        
        
        

Tray 178        
Samanid, Ziyarid, Buyid, Seljuk, Bawandid, Nizari        
Jurjan, Qumis, Mazandaran        
Mints: Amul, Astarabad, Jurjan, al-Damghan, Sariyya Firim, Kursi al-Daylam, al-Rudhbar (324-553)        

Tray 179        
Buyid, Firuzanid        
Jurjan, Mazandaran (hoard)        
Mints: Amul, Astarabad, Arrajan, Jurjan, al-Damghan, Siraf, Sariyya, Bistan, al-Kariyya?, Mah al-... (334-375)        

Tray 180        
Buyid, Kakwayhid, Seljuk        
Jibal        
Mints: Isfahan, Qumm (324-523)        

Tray 181        
Kakwayhid hoard        
Jibal        
Mints: Asadabad, al-Qsr, unnamed (415-418)        

Tray 182        
Samanid, Buyid, Ghaznavid, Seljuk        
Jibal        
Mints: al-Muhammadiyya, al-Rayy (33-549)        

Tray 183        
Samanid, Buyid, Seljuk        
Jibal        
Mints: Qazwin, Sawah, Abhar (328-492)        

Tray 184        
Kakwayhid, Annazid, Hasanwayhid, Seljuk        
Jibal        
Mints: Qirmisin, Mah al-Kufa or Dinawar, Hamadhan, Mah al-Basra or Nihawand, Burujird, Sabur Khwast, al-Karaj (c. 410-522)        

Tray 185        
empty        
        
        

Tray 186        
Buyid, Seljuk, Abbasid        
Iraq        
Mint: Madinat al-Salam (334-622)        

Tray 187        
Buyid, Seljuk, Abbasid        
Iraq        
Mints: Madinat al-Salam (622-656), al-Basra, al-Kufa, Wasit (334-656)        

Tray 188        
Late Abbasid hoard        
Iraq        
Mints: Madinat al-Salam, Irbil        

Tray 189        
Samanid, Buyid        
uncertain eastern        
Uncertain mints        

Tray 190        
Seljuk        
uncertain eastern        
Uncertain mints        

Tray 191        
empty        
        
        

Tray 192        
Sallarid, Shaddadid, Rawwadid, Seljuk, Ildegizid, Maliks of Ahar        
Adharbayjan, Arran        
Mints: Maragha, Jalalabad, Urmiyya, Ardabil, Ahar, Janza, Tabriz (343-613)        

Tray 193        
Shirvanshahs, Maliks of Darband        
Shirvan, Daghistan        
Mints: Shamakha, Darband (c. 487-622)        

Tray 194        
Various Christian Dynasties        
Gurjistan, Arminiyya        
Mints: Tiflis, Khilat Samasur (394-702)        

Tray 195        
empty        
        
        

Tray 196        
Danishmendid, Rum Seljuk        
Rum        
Mints: Qaysariyya, Malatya, Ankuriyya, Antalya, Develi, Qastamuni (536-666)        

Tray 197        
Danishmendid        
Rum        
Mint: Siwas (529-562)        

Tray 198        
Rum Seljuk        
Rum         
Mint: Siwas (610-634)        

Tray 199        
Rum Seljuk        
Rum        
Mint: Siwas (634-700)        

Tray 200        
Rum Seljuk        
Rum        
Mints: Arzanjan, Ma`din, Baybirt, Arzarum, Diwrigi, Gumush Bazar, Sulayman Shahr, Samsun, Sinub (579-692)        

Tray 201        
empty        
        
        

Tray 202        
Rum Seljuk        
Rum        
Mint: Qunya (595-646)        

Tray 203        
Rum Seljuk        
Rum        
Mints: Qunya, Ma`adin Shahr, Lu'lu'a, Sarus        

Tray 204        
Rum Seljuk        
Rum        
Uncertain mints (551-634)        

Tray 205        
Rum Seljuk        
Rum