Iran AH 1142 abbasi KM-303.4

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2435

This specimen was lot 2435 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $59.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAFAVID: Tahmasp II, 1722-1732, AR abbasi, Isfahan, AH1142, EF." Wikipedia comments, "Tahmasp II (Persian: شاه تهماسب دوم, c.1704-40) was the penultimate Safavid shah of Iran, ruling from 1722 to 1732. By 1729, Tahmasp had control of most of the country. Quickly after his foolhardy Ottoman campaign of 1731, he was deposed by the future Nader Shah in 1732 in favor of his son, Abbas III; both were murdered at Sabzevar in 1740 by Nader Shah's eldest son Reza-qoli Mirza." This type was struck at Isfahan AH 1142-1145 and at sixteen mints in total.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 5.40 g, silver, this specimen 5.37 g.

Catalog reference: A-2689.2, KM 303.4.

Sources:

• Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Links:

• AH 1135 abbasi, Kirman mint
• AH 1141 10 shahi, Mashhad mint
• AH 1142 ashrafi, Isfahan mint
• AH 1142 abbasi, Shiraz mint
• AH 1143 abbasi, Tabriz mint
• AH 1143 ashrafi, Isfahan mint, Tahmasp II
• Coins and currency dated 1729