Iran AH 1216 rupi
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This specimen was lot 2047 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "AFSHARID: Nadir Mirza, 1796-1803, AR rupi, Mashhad, AH1216, lovely strike, VF-EF, RR." Nadir Mirza was an Afsharid prince who was permitted to rule in Mashhad by the Qajar shah, Fath Ali. In 1802, he rebelled in an attempt to restore Afsharid rule, for which he was captured, blinded and killed. The SCWC notes a shahi (KM 768) and this rupi from his brief rule, both rare. Mashhad was later made a Qajar mint.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.5 g, silver, this specimen 11.43 g.
Catalog reference: A-2785, KM 769.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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