Georgia AH 1115 abbasi
The first specimen was lot 2313 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $113.05. The catalog description[1] noted, "GEORGIA: Ahmed III, 1703-1730, AR abbasi Tiflis, AH1115, Fine to VF." The second specimen was lot 2056 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[2] noted, "GEORGIA (OTTOMAN OCCUPATION): Ahmad III, 1723-1730, AR abbasi, Tiflis, AH1115, nice strike, fully legible! About VF. Tiflis in the Arabic form for Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia." The third specimen was lot 465 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[3] noted, "GEORGIA: Ahmad III, 1703-1730, AR abbasi (16 para), Tiflis, AH1115, wonderful strike, one of the finest we have seen, choice VF-XF, ex Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection. Tiflis is the Arabic form for Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia." The kingdom of Georgia, in the Caucasus mountains, was contended by the Ottomans and the Persians before falling under Russian rule in the early nineteenth century. This issue names the Ottoman sultan, Ahmed III.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 4.49-5.32 g, silver, the first specimen 5.27 g, the second specimen 5.11 g, the third specimen 5.40 g.
Catalog reference: KM-7, A-2708, UBK-59, Bennett-744.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
- [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
- [3]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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