Iran AH 1153 rupi KM-A385.2

Steve Album sale 39, lot 688

This specimen was lot 688 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, 1735-1747, AR rupi, Bhakhar, AH1153, 1 tiny adhesion on the reverse, otherwise fabulous example for this mint, choice VF-EF." Besides Bhakar, which made this type AH 1153-1160, eleven other mints participated in striking rupis. The Bhakhar mint also produced other rupis, such as KM 393 (struck AH 1155, 1156, 1158) and KM 385.1 (struck AH 1159). Bhakhar is now in Afghanistan.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.50 g, silver, this specimen 11.33 g.

Catalog reference: A-2744.2, KM-A385.2.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• AH 1148 abbasi, Tabriz mint
• AH 1151 rupi, Shahjahanabad mint
• AH 1158 rupi, Bhakhar mint
• AH 1159 rupi, Sind mint
• AH 1161 rupi, Mashhad mint
• AH 1161 rupi, Qazwin mint
• Coins and currency dated 1740