Iran AH 1161 abbasi KM-419

Sincona sale 88, lot 96

This specimen was lot 96 in Sincona sale 88 (Zürich, May 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"IRAN, Afsharid Dynasty, Amir Arslan Khan, at Tabriz only, 1161 AH (1748). Abbasi 1161 AH (1748), Tabriz Mint. Selten, Vorzüglich; Rare. Extremely fine. Purchased from Moussesian, Munich, in 1988."

Amir Arslan Khan was the cousin of the brothers Adel Shah and Ebrahim Mirza. Governor of Azerbaijan, he struck a shahi, abbasi and ashrafi in AH 1161, all rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 4.60 g, silver, this specimen 4.61 g.

Catalog reference: Album 2768. KM 419. Farahbakhsh 254-1.

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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 88, The Kian Collection - Part II, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

Link to:

• AH 1160 abbasi, Tabriz mint, Sam Mirza
• AH 1160 (1747) 5 shahi, Tabriz mint, Sam Mirza
• AH 1160 (1747) rupi, Tabriz mint, Nadir Shah* AH 1161 shahi, Isfahan mint
• AH 1161 abbasi, Isfahan 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 abbasi, Tiflis mint, Ibrahim
• 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