Shirvan AH 1188 abbasi

Steve Album sale 54, lot 2047

This specimen was lot 2047 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SHIRVAN: Fath 'Ali Khan, 1766-1788, AR abbasi, Shamakhi, AH1188, unusually nice strike, XF, R." The Shirvan khanate is that part of Azerbaijan to the south and west of Baku. The SCWC lists its issues under the name of the capital, Shemakhi. This type was struck AH 1181-1187 and undated. The khanate was annexed by the Russians in 1819.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.0-3.1 g, silver, this specimen 3.31 g.

Catalog reference: A-2945, KM-6.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[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:

• Ganja AH 1187 abbasi Muhammad Hasan Khan
• Shirvan AH 1209 abbasi KM-10 Qasim Khan
• Coins and currency dated 1774