Iran AH 929 shahi

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 2617

This specimen was lot 2617 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $261.80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAFAVID: Isma'il I, 1501-1524, AR shahi, Sari, AH929 (final 9 recut over 8), mint name in obverse cartouche, inscribed beh bud sari 929, VF, RR. Mints in Mazandaran, such as Sari and Amol, normally struck to a local standard, but occasionally struck coins of the western standards, presumably for payments outside of Mazandaran."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver, this specimen 7.64 g.

Catalog reference: A-2580.

Sources:

• Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

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• AH 927 (1520) ¼ shahi, Herat mint
• AH 929 ashrafi, Yazd mint
• AH 930 1/6 mithqal, Shiraz mint
• AH 930 half mithqal, Tabriz mint
• Iran AH 945 shahi Kirman mint
• Iran AH 1033 bisti Baghdad mint
• Coins and currency dated 1523