Iran AH 996 2 mithqals

Steve Album sale 54, lot 600

This specimen was lot 600 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $3,120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAFAVID: 'Abbas I, 1588-1629, AV 2 mithqals, Qazwin, AH996, wonderful strike, with full mint & date, XF, R." During the reign of Abbas I, one mithqal was 4.63 g, making the double mithqal 9.26 g. Later Safavids superseded the mithqal with the ashrafi.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.26 g, gold, this specimen 9.28 g.

Catalog reference: A-2626, Zeno-236685 (this piece).

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

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