Iran AH 1227 4 rials

Sincona sale 88, lot 163

This specimen was lot 163 in Sincona sale 88 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 55,000 CHF (about US$72,677 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"IRAN, Qajar Dynasty, Fath-'Ali Shah, 1212-1250 AH (1797-1834). 4 Riyal 1227 AH (1812), Tabriz Mint. Von grösster Seltenheit. Einziges bekanntes Exemplar und unpubliziert. Unikat; Of the highest rarity. The only known specimen and unpublished. Unique. NGC AU55. Purchased from S. Album, Santa Rosa, California, in 1983."

Assuming the type C weight standard was in effect for the rial (10.36 g), this coin should weigh 41.44 g.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 41.44 g, silver, this specimen 41.54 g.

Catalog reference: Album unlisted (cf. A2886 for 2 Rial), KM unlisted.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 88, The Kian Collection - Part II, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

Link to:

• AH 1225 (18110 ¼ rial, Tabriz mint
• AH 1226 (1811) 2 rials, Tabriz mint
• AH 1226 (1811) toman, Tehran mint
• AH 1226 (1811) 5 toman, Tabriz mint
• AH 1227 half toman, Tabriz mint
• AH 1227 toman, Kashan mint
• AH 1227 5 tomans, Tehran Mint, thick flan
• AH 1227 5 toman, Isfahan mint
• AH 1228 (1813) toman, Isfahan mint
• AH 1230 rial, Mashhad mint
• Coins and currency dated 1812