Iran AH 1152 rupi KM-385.12
This specimen was lot 74 in Sincona sale 88 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 500 CHF (about US$661 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"IRAN, Afsharid Dynasty, Nader Shah, as king, 1148-1160 AH (1735-1747). Rupi 1152 AH (1739), Tiflis Mint. Äusserst selten, Gutes sehr schön, Gereinigt; Extremely rare. Good very fine. Cleaned. Purchased from A. Shams, Frankfurt, in 1984."
Nadir Shah was the power behind the throne in the last years of the Safavids. Finally, he tired of ruling thru puppets and seized the throne for himself in AH 1148. This silver rupi (ten shahi) was minted AH 1152-1160 after he proclaimed himself shah. It was also struck at Bahkar, Daghistan, Darband, Ganjah, Isfahan, Kabul, Mashhad, Nadirabad, Qazvin, Shiraz and Tabriz.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a common mint.
Specification: 11.5 g, silver, this specimen 11.53 g.
Catalog reference: Album 2744.1. KM 385.12, Farahbakhsh 231. Rabino 349.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 88, The Kian Collection - Part II, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
Link to:
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- AH 1150 6 shahi, Isfahan mint
- AH 1150 6 shahi, Tabriz mint
- AH 1150 rupi, Tiflis mint
- AH 1150 2 rupi, Qandahar mint = 20 shahi
- AH 1150 1/6 mohur, Isfahan mint
- AH 1151 6 shahi, Isfahan mint
- AH 1151 rupi, Shahjahanabad mint = 10 shahi
- AH 1151 ashrafi, Isfahan mint
- AH 1152 ¼ rupi, Murshidabad mint
- AH 1152 8 shahi (double abbasi), Mashhad mint
- AH 1152 rupi, Multan mint
- AH 1152 2 rupi, Lahore mint = 20 shahi
- AH 1152 ashrafi, Isfahan mint
- AH 1152 ashrafi, Tiflis mint
- AH 1153 rupi, Bhakhar mint
- AH 1153 rupi, Isfahan mint
- AH 1153 rupi, Nadirabad mint
- AH 1154 (1741) rupi, Dagestan mint
- AH 1154 (1741) rupi, Tabriz mint
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