Iran (1588-95) 1/4 mithqal

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2264

This specimen was lot 2264 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAFAVID: 'Abbas I, 1588-1629, AR 1/4 mithqal, Yazd, ND, type A, thus struck ca. AH996-1004; unpublished denomination, though it was cited by Rabino without any reference, VF, RRR." Friedberg, who notes half, single and double mithqals for Abbas, mentions this denomination only for Ismail (1502-24) and Tahmasp (1524-76). The ashrafi (3.5 g) superseded the mithqal later in Abbas' reign.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.3 g, gold, this specimen 1.17 g.

Catalog reference: A-2628A, Fr-unlisted.

Source:

  • Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]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.

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