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[[Image: IRN-AFS_1150AH_6shahi_NadirShah_SA-lot703-A2747P-18May2013-USD140.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 16, lot 703]]
The Afsharids were of Turkic origin, and the dynasty was founded by Nadir Shah when he deposed the last ruler of the Safavid Dynasty in 1736 AD. He expanded Persian rule to areas previously lost to the Ghilzai Afghans in the east and to the Ottomans in the west. However, he was assassinated in 1747 AD and thereafter the dynasty carried on in a weakened state, with various claimants who eventually split off, the most important being the establishment of the Durrani Empire in Khorasan. This region eventually became part of modern-day [[Afghanistan]]. The last Afsharid ruler was captured by Mohammad Khan Qajar, who established the Qajar Dynasty in 1796 AD. 

The specimen shown was lot 703 in Steve Album sale 16 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2013), where it sold for US$165.20. The catalog description reads<sup>[1]</sup>: "AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, 1735-1747, AR 6 shahi, Tabriz, AH1150, struck on broad flan, 25 mm diameter, with outer blank margins on both sides, probably struck for presentation purposes, one testmark, VF to EF, RR."

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 6.9 g, silver, this specimen 6.94 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 376.6, A-2747P.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* Album, Stephen. ''Checklist of Islamic Coins.''  Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen. ''Stephen Album Rare Coins - Auction 16''. Santa Rosa, 2013. Stephen Album Rare Coins.
* Mitchiner, Michael. ''Oriental Coins and their Values - The World of Islam''. London, 2000. Hawkins Publications. 

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* [[Iran AH 1151 ashrafi KM-378.1|AH 1151 ashrafi, Isfahan mint]]
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1737]]
* return to coins of [[Iran]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 16]]