Iran AH 930 1/2 mithqal

Steve Album sale 51, lot 435

This specimen was lot 435 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAFAVID: Tahmasp I, 1524-1576, AV ½ mithqal, Tabriz, AH930, date on the reverse, About VF, R. Struck from the same dies as the full mithqal of Tabriz 930."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 2.3 g, gold, this specimen 2.27 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-4, A-2591.

Sources:

• 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• Iran AH 929 shahi Sari mint
• AH 929 ashrafi, Yazd mint
• AH 930 1/6 mithqal, Shiraz mint
• AH 930 mithqal
• Coins and currency dated 1524