Iran AH 1274 toman KM-853.11
This specimen was lot 575 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AV toman, Tabriz, AH1274, slight central weakness, EF." The Qajars were a group of Turkic origin who lived in the area of Azerbaijan. They were sympathetic to the Safavids, who ruled in Persia from 1501-1736 AD. The Qajar Dynasty began when Mohammad Khan Qajar seized Mashhad (then under Durrani suzerainty – see Afghanistan) and put an end to the Afsharid Dynasty. The Qajars were forced to fight several defensive wars against Russia, losing territory each time. Debasement was the inevitable result. This weight standard was used at Tabriz AH 1265-1284 along with eleven other mints. A few half tomans and fifth tomans exist.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.45 g, gold, this specimen 3.45 g.
Catalog reference: A-2921, KM 853.11.
- 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, 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.
Link to:
- AH 1273 (1856) half kran, Tehran mint
- AH 1273 (1856) kran, Astarabad mint
- AH 1273 (1856) half toman, Isfahan mint
- AH 1273 (1856) toman, Tehran mint
- AH 1274 half kran, Tehran mint
- AH 1274 toman, Qazwin mint
- AH 1275 half kran, Astarabad mint
- AH 1275 kran, Herat mint
- AH 1278 toman, Tabriz mint
- Coins and currency dated 1857