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* [[Iran AH 987 mithqal|AH 987 (1579) mithqal, Qazvin mint]] | * [[Iran AH 987 mithqal|AH 987 (1579) mithqal, Qazvin mint]] | ||
* [[Iran AH 989 mithqal|AH 989 mithqal, Kashan mint]] | * [[Iran AH 989 mithqal|AH 989 mithqal, Kashan mint]] | ||
| − | * [[Iran AH 999 1/2 mithqal|AH 999 | + | * [[Iran AH 996 2 mithqals|AH 996 (1587) 2 mithqals, Qazwin mint]] |
| − | * [[Coins and currency dated | + | * [[Iran (1588-95) 1/4 mithqal|(1588-95) ¼ mithqal, Yazd mint]] |
| + | * [[Iran AH 999 1/2 mithqal|AH 999 ½ mithqal, Qazvin mint]] | ||
| + | * [[Iran AH 1014 ashrafi|AH 1014 (1605) ashrafi, Mashhad mint]] | ||
| + | * [[Coins and currency dated 1591]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:44, 18 February 2026
This specimen was lot 451 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAFAVID: 'Abbas I, 1588-1629, AV mithqal, Qazwin, AH999, bold strike, XF." The mithqal was a gold coin favored by the first Safavid shahs (Ismail I, Tahmasp I, Muhammad Khudabandah) but was superseded by the ashrafi during the reign of shah Abbas (1587-1629). This type was accompanied by a half mithqal (Fr-6c) and double mithqal (Fr-6a).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.6 g, silver, this specimen 4.60 g.
Catalog reference: A-2627, Fr-6b.
- 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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