Iran AH 1161 abbasi KM-402.2

Sincona sale 88, lot 87

This specimen was lot 87 in Sincona sale 88 (Zurich, May 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"IRAN, Afsharid Dynasty, Adel Shah, 1160-1161 AH (1747-1748). Abbasi 1161 AH (1748), Isfahan Mint. Sehr selten, Sehr schön-vorzüglich, Leicht gereinigt; Very rare. Very fine-extremely fine. Lightly cleaned. Purchased from Moussesian, Munich, in 1988."

Nader Shah's assassination in AH 1160 left no clear successor and his sons and nephews contended for the throne backed by shifting tribal alliances. Adel Shah, ruler AH 1160-1161, yielded to Ibrahim in AH 1161-1162. This denomination was struck for Adel Shah in Isfahan (shown here), Qazvin, Shiraz, Tabriz and Herat.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.6 g, silver, this specimen 4.62 g.

Catalog reference: Album 2760. KM 402.2, Farahbakhsh 244-5.

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.
• ^[1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 88, The Kian Collection - Part II, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

Link to:

• AH 1159 shahi, Isfahan mint, Nader Shah
• AH 1160 abbasi, Tabriz mint, Sam Mirza
• AH 1160 5 shahi, Tabriz mint, Sam Mirza
• AH 1161 shahi, Isfahan mint
• AH 1161 abbasi, Mazandaran mint
• AH 1161 abbasi, Qazvin mint, Ibrahim
• AH 1161 rupi, Mashhad mint
• AH 1161 rupi, Qazwin mint
• AH 1161 double rupee, Mashhad mint
• AH 1161 quarter mohur, Tabriz mint
• AH 1161 half mohur, Tabriz mint
• AH 1161 mohur, Isfahan mint
• AH 1162 6 shahi, Astarabad mint
• AH 1162 rupi, Isfahan mint
• AH 1162 rupi, Mazandaran mint = 10 shahi
• AH 1162 12 shahi, Qazvin mint
• Coins and currency dated 1748