Iran AH 1206 rupi
This specimen was lot 2154 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $420. The catalog description[1] noted, "QAJAR: Agha Muhammad Khan, 1779-1797, AR light rupi , "Isfahan", AH1206, standard legends, but actually an eastern imitation, struck probably in Sind during the early 1800s; very rare with clearly legible date, bold VF, RR. Even though the mint name on this type is always clearly engraved Isfahan, the type is never found in Iran, mostly in eastern parts of Afghanistan or the southern half of Pakistan." The Qajars did not normally strike rupis, an Mughal denomination more popular in Afghanistan.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.0-11.5 g, silver, this specimen 8.90 g.
Catalog reference: A-2845.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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