Iran AH 1222 1/2 riyal

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2439

This specimen was lot 2439 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $101.15. The catalog description^[1] noted, "QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AR ½ riyal, Rasht, AH1222, type B, dated on both sides, nice strike, VF, R." A one rial struck to the type B standard was supposed to weigh 10.36 g, making a half rial 5.18 g. The Rasht mint is listed for AH 1217 only. This type was also struck at Shiraz, Tabriz, Mashhad, etc.

Specification: 5.18 g, silver, this specimen 5.24 g.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: A-2879, KM 677.3.

Source:

• 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 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Links to:

• AH 1216 riyal, Maragha mint
• AH 1221 (1806) rial, Khoy mint
• AH 1221 (1806) toman, Shiraz mint
• AH 1221 (1806) toman, Yazd mint
• AH 1222 rial, Kashan mint
• AH 1222 rial, Qazvin mint
• AH 1222 toman, Rasht mint
• AH 1224 riyal, Tabriz mint
• AH 1225 ¼ rial, Tabriz mint
• Coins and currency dated 1807