Iran AH 1096 5 abbasi
This specimen was lot 21352 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN. Safavid. 5 Abbasi (20 Shahi), AH 1096 (1684). Sulayman I. PCGS Genuine--Mount Removed, VF Details Gold Shield. Weight: Variety without border inscription. A boldly struck coin with most of obverse border legend visible and endowed with a dusty, light gray toning in the fields." This was the largest denomination struck in silver in early modern Iran. Altho Safi II, Sulayman and Husayn are recorded as having issued this denomination, all are rare. This denomination is also noted from Tiflis and Qazvin. A coin this size is too large to be struck by the hammer on a production basis.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 36.95 g, silver, this specimen 35.95 g.
Catalog reference: KM-228.
- 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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- Iran (1675) 2 shahi, Badakhshan mint, Sulayman I
- Iran AH1070 5 shahi, Tabriz mint
- Iran AH 1096 10 shahi = 2½ abbasi, Isfahan mint
- AH 1099 5 abbasi (20 shahi), Isfahan mint
- Coins and currency dated 1684