Iran AH 969 1/4 mithqal
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This specimen was lot 436 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAFAVID: Tahmasp I, 1524-1576, AV 1/4 mithqal, Yazd, AH969, nice example with full mint & date, VF, R, ex SARC Auction 13 Lot 857." The date ("٩٦٩") is not obvious but appears to be on the upper left of the obverse. The ashrafi (3.5 g) superseded the mithqal during the reign of shah Abbas (1587-1629).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.15 g, gold, this specimen 1.15 g.
Catalog reference: A-O2593.
- 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.
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