Iran AH 930 1/6 mithqal

Steve Album sale 39, lot 2655

This specimen was lot 2655 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAFAVID: Tahmasp I, 1524-1576, AV 1/6 mithqal, Shiraz, AH930, EF, ex Dabestani Collection. About 10 examples of Shiraz 930 are recorded on CoinArchives, weights between 0.76g and 0.80g, thus conclusively corroborates the existence of the 1/6 mithqal decomination." The Checklist of Islamic Coins notes one, half and quarter mithqals but not the sixth.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.76-0.80 g, gold, this specimen 0.76 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-4a, A-2592A.

Source:

• 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 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• Iran AH 929 shahi Sari mint
• AH 929 ashrafi, Yazd mint
• AH 930 half mithqal, Tabriz mint
• AH 930 mithqal
• AH 940 (1533) ashrafi, Tabriz mint
• Iran AH 941 1/2 mithqal, Tabriz mint
• Iran AH 945 shahi Kirman mint
• Coins and currency dated 1524