Iran AH 1186 1/4 mohur KM-525.5
This specimen was lot 2051 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "ZAND: Karim Khan, 1753-1779, AV 1/4 mohur, Qazwin, AH1186, type C; date on obverse, VF." The Zand dynasty, founded by Karim Khan Zand, conquered and ruled most of Afsharid Iran (except Khorasan) in the eighteenth century. Karim Khan's successors lacked his ability and the state soon crumbled under Qajar attacks. This type was struck AH 1177-1193 at Isfahan (KM 525.1), Kashan (KM 525.2), Qazvin (KM 525.5, shown here), Rasht (KM 525.6), Yazd (KM 525.9) and Tabriz (KM 530.7).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.75 g, gold, this specimen 2.72 g.
Catalog reference: A-2791, KM 525.5.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
Link to:
- AH 1184 (1770) quarter mohur, Qazvin mint
- AH 1185 quarter mohur, Kashan mint
- AH 1185 quarter mohur, Rasht mint
- AH 1186 (1772) quarter mohur, Rasht mint
- AH 1186 quarter mohur, Tabriz mint
- AH 1187 double abbasi, Yazd mint
- AH 1187 quarter mohur, Kashan mint
- AH 1187 quarter mohur, Mazandaran mint
- AH 1187 quarter mohur, Tabriz mint
- AH 1187 quarter mohur, Yazd mint
- Coins and currency dated 1772