Iran AH 989 mithqal

Stephen Album sale 47, lot 536

This specimen was lot 536 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal, Kashan, AH989, type B, VF, R." The mithqal was a gold coin favored by the first Safavid shahs (Ismail I, Tahmasp I, Muhammad Khudabandah) but was superseded by the ashrafi during the reign of shah Abbas (1587-1629).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: 4.6 g, gold, this specimen 4.62 g.

Catalog reference: A-2616.2, Fr-5.

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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