Iran AH 1078 20 shahi
This specimen was lot 76429 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN. Safavid Dynasty. 20 Shahi, AH 1078 (1667/68). Isfahan Mint. Safi II. EXTREMELY FINE Details. Ex-Mount. Environmental Damage. An extremely elusive offering from the brief 2 year span where Sulayman I was known as Sufi II, this example boasts a clear date and mostly pleasing obverse. The reverse does show evidence of a past mount removal and pretty extensive environmental degradation. Nevertheless an uncommon type from Safi II. Both PCGS and NGC have declined to encapsulate this example, therefore it is SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS." This specimen was offered again as lot 38762 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $240. Isfahan is the sole mint for the type. The ten and twenty shahi coins were really too large for Iranian minting technology, so were usually struck only for presentation. They normally come mounted.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 36.95 g, silver, this specimen 36.32 g.
Catalog reference: KM 205.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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