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| − | * [[Iran AH | + | * [[Iran AH 977 1/4 mithqal|AH 977 (1569) ¼ mithqal, Isfahan mint]] |
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* [[Iran (1576-78) 2 shahi]] | * [[Iran (1576-78) 2 shahi]] | ||
| + | * [[Iran AH 987 mithqal|AH 987 (1579) mithqal, Qazvin mint]] | ||
| + | * [[Iran AH 996 2 mithqals|AH 996 (1587) 2 mithqals, Qazwin mint]] | ||
| + | * [[Iran AH 999 1/2 mithqal|AH 999 (1591) ½ mithqal, Qazvin mint]] | ||
| + | * [[Iran AH 999 mithqal|AH 999 (1590) mithqal, Qazwin mint]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1581]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1581]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 47]][[Category:Coinage of the Safavid Dynasty]] | [[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 47]][[Category:Coinage of the Safavid Dynasty]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:45, 18 February 2026
This specimen was lot 536 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAFAVID: Muhammad Khudabandah, 1578-1588, AV mithqal, Kashan, AH989, type B, VF, R." The mithqal was a gold coin favored by the first Safavid shahs (Ismail I, Tahmasp I, Muhammad Khudabandah) but was superseded by the ashrafi during the reign of shah Abbas (1587-1629).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.6 g, gold, this specimen 4.62 g.
Catalog reference: A-2616.2, Fr-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.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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