Iran AH 941 1/2 mithqal

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Stephen Album sale 47, lot 2041

This specimen was lot 2041 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAFAVID: Tahmasp I, 1524-1576, AV heavy 1/2 ashrafi, Tabriz, AH941, numeral '1' of the date below the mint name, VF, RR." The mithqal was a gold coin favored by the first Safavid shahs (Ismail I, Tahmasp I, Muhammad Khudabandah) but was superseded by the ashrafi during the reign of shah Abbas (1587-1629).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.3 g, gold, this specimen 2.06 g.

Catalog reference: A-B2593, Fr-4.

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 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

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