Iran AH 1222 rial KM-688.4

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2690

This specimen was lot 2690 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $420. The catalog description^[1] noted, "QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AR riyal, Kashan, AH1222, superb strike, possibly intended as a presentation piece, but with normal edge (not hand-reeded), choice EF, ex Dabestani Collection." This type was struck AH 1222-1229 and Kashan is a common mint, one of at least seventeen that struck this type.

Specification: 10.36 g, silver, this specimen 10.30 g.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: A-2880, KM 688.4.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Links to:

• AH 1217 (1802) rial, Rasht mint
• AH 1221 (1806) rial, Khoy mint
• AH 1221 (1806) toman, Shiraz mint
• AH 1221 (1806) toman, Yazd mint
• AH 1222 ½ rial, Rasht mint
• AH 1222 rial, Qazvin mint
• AH 1222 toman, Rasht mint
• AH 1224 rial, Tabriz mint
• AH 1225 ¼ rial, Tabriz mint
• AH 1230 (1814) rial, Mashhad mint
• Coins and currency dated 1807
• return to coins of Iran