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[[Image: SA54-0455.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 54, lot 455]]

This specimen was lot 455 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $180. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Armenia|ARMENIA]]: Ahmad III, 1703-1730, AR abbasi (16 para), Revan (Yerevan), AH1115, type B, decent strike with full mint & date; about 5% flat strike, VF, R, ex Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection." Armenia, in the early modern period, had the misfortune to lie at the intersection of [[Iran]], [[Turkey]] and [[Russia]] and received invasion and occupation from all three powers. The Ottomans occupied Yerevan in 1703 and issued a shahi (KM 15), double shahi ([[Armenia AH 1115 2 shahi|KM 16]]) and an abbasi (KM 17, shown here), all scarce to rare.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 4.90-5.44 g, silver, 23-25 mm diameter, this specimen 5.45 g.

''Catalog reference:'' A-2708, UBK-23.53.00, KM-17.

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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:''
* [[Armenia AH 1115 2 shahi]] = 8 para
* [[Coins and currency dated 1703]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 54]]

Armenia AH 1115 abbasi - Revision history

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