Iran AH 1165 mohur

Sincona sale 88, lot 36

This specimen was lot 36 in Sincona sale 88 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 6,000 CHF (about US$7,929 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"IRAN, Safavid Dynasty, Esma'il III. 1163-1169 AH (1750-1756). Mohur Ashrafi 1165 AH (1752), Qazvin Mint. Von grösster Seltenheit; Of the highest rarity. NGC MS61. Purchased from I. Mochiri, Paris, in 2009."

Isma'il served as a puppet for Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari and later for the Zands. Mohurs were struck at Isfahan, Shiraz and Tabriz for Azad Khan but none are listed for Isma'il III.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11 g, gold, this specimen 10.90 g.

Catalog reference: Album N2702, KM unlisted, Farahbakhsh -. Rabino 289 var.

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.
• 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:

• AH 1163 abbasi, Shiraz mint, Isma'il III
• AH 1163 6 shahi, Mazandaran mint, Solayman II
• AH 1163 ashrafi, Mashhad mint, Shahrokh
• AH 1163 double mohur, Mashhad mint, Solayman II
• AH 1166 abbasi, Shiraz mint, Karim Khan
• AH 1166 rupi, Rasht mint, Isma'il III
• AH 1166 quarter ashrafi, Mazandaran mint, Isma'il III
• AH 1167 abbasi, Qazwin mint, Azad Khan
• AH 1167 2 shahi, Mazandaran mint, Isma'il III
• AH 1167 1/3 mohur, Isfahan mint, Azad Khan
• AH 1167 mohur, Isfahan mint, Azad Khan
• Coins and currency dated 1751