Afghanistan AH 919 shahi

Steve Album sale 55, lot 2131

This specimen was lot 2131 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAFAVID: Isma'il I, 1501-1524, AR shahi, Herat, AH919, rare date for this common type, VF." Altho Isma'il was the first Safavid shah of Iran, this silver shahi was struck in Herat in Afghanistan.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver, this specimen 9.41 g.

Catalog reference: A-2576.

Sources:

• 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

Links:

• (1501-24) 1/3 shahi, Herat mint
• (1501-24) shahi, Balkh mint
• (1501-24) 2 shahi, Simnan mint
• AH 927 (1520) ¼ shahi, Herat mint
• Iran AH 929 shahi Sari mint
• Coins and currency dated 1513