Afghanistan (1529-84) 1/4 ashrafi

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2430

This specimen was lot 2430 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $142.80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TIMURID: Sulayman Mirza, 1529-1584, AV ¼ ashrafi, ND, bold VF, R, ex Jim Farr Collection." Sulayman Mirza was lord of Badakhshan province in what is now the northeast corner of Afghanistan. Today the major exports are lapis lazuli and opium.

Specification: 1.15 g, gold, this specimen 1.15 g.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: A-2464.

Source:

• Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay. Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Links to:

• AH 929 (1522) shahrukhi, Badakhshan mint
• AH 930 (1523) shahrukhi, Kabul mint
• Afghanistan (1501-24)-Herat 1/3 shahi
• Coins and currency dated 1529