Shirvan AH 1209 abbasi KM-10
This specimen was lot 2048 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "SHIRVAN: Qasim Khan, 1789-1794, AR abbasi, Shimakhi, AH1209, date written as "1609" with retrograde "2", better strike than usual as these often are weakly struck, nice VF, R, ex Stephen Album Price List #273." 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 is listed in the SCWC for AH 1204-1208 and KM 16 (Mustafa Khan, only 1.85 g) for AH 1209-1212. Based on the weight, we believe the auctioneer's attribution is correct. The khanate was annexed by the Russians in 1819. Qasim Khan survived until 1828.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.3-3 g, silver, this specimen 2.26 g.
Catalog reference: A-2946, KM 10.
- 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.
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- Ganja AH 1187 abbasi Muhammad Hasan Khan
- Shirvan AH 1188 abbasi Fath 'Ali Khan
- Coins and currency dated 1794