Iran AH 1133 abbasi KM-282.6

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75655

This specimen was lot 75655 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN. Safavid Dynasty. Abbasi, Year 3 AH 1133 (1720/1). Nakhjavan Mint. Sultan Husayn I. PCGS MS-63." This abbasi, or four shahi, is called type D in the literature and was struck at Nakhjavan AH 1130-1134. It has a low catalog value.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.37 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-282.6.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Links to:

• AH 1132 (1719) abbasi, Isfahan mint
• AH 1133 abbasi, Isfahan mint
• AH 1133 ashrafi, Isfahan mint
• AH 1134 (1721) abbasi, Tabriz mint
• Coins and currency dated 1720