Iran AH 1167 mohur KM-483.1

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Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 54154
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Goldberg Sale 137, lot 1403
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The first specimen was lot 54154 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $2,160. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN. Mohur, AH 1167 (1753). Isfahan Mint. Azad Khan Afghan. PCGS AU-58. A VERY SCARCE Mohur issue from Azad Khan, a claimant to the Persia throne, examples of his coinage are quite elusive and always desirable, having been produced for a period of only 7 years. The present example is handsome, with soft brilliance throughout and limited signs of actual handling throughout." The second specimen was lot 1403 in Goldberg Sale 137 (Los Angeles, January 2024), where it sold for $1,500. The catalog description[2] noted, "Iran. Ashrafi, AH1168 (1755). Isfahan mint. Muhammad Karim Khan. AH 1164-1193 / 1751-1779AD. Pop 1; The only example graded at PCGS. PCGS graded AU-55." The SCWC lists this mint for AH 1167-1168.

Wikipedia comments, "Azād Khān Afghān (Persian, Pashto: آزاد خان افغان), or Azād Shāh Afghān (آزاد شاه افغان) (died 1781), was a Pashtun military commander and a major contender for supremacy in western Iran after the death of Nader Shah Afshar in 1747. Azad rose to power between 1752 and 1757, and had his power base in the Azarbaijan region (at various points in his career occupying parts of Central and Western Iran, as well as Kurdistan and Gilan). Azad was a contemporary of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the Durrani Empire." Of Azad Khan's rivals, the Qajars were in the mountains south of the Caspian Sea and the Durrani lurked in the east, in Afghanistan. The Zand realm was disintegrating in central Iran.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: KM-483.1; A-2723 (R).

Source:

  • 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.
  • Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
  • [2]Goldberg, Ira, Stephen Harvey and Vera Kan, Goldberg Sale 137: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, featuring the Peh Family Collection, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2023.

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