Iran AH 1175 1/4 mohur

Stack's Bowers 2020 ANA sale, lot 23058

This specimen was lot 23058 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN. Qajar Dynasty. 1/4 Mohur, AH 1175/4 (1761). Tabriz Mint. Mohammad Hasan Khan. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. A VERY RARE type, this piece is dated three years after the death of Muhammad Hasan Khan and believed to have been struck under Fath 'Ali Khan Afshar, the self-appointed governor of Tabriz in opposition to the Zand Dynasty's Karim Khan. Compare to a similar EF example which realized a hammer of $1,200 in 2013, and a PCGS MS-62 which sold for a total of $1,800 in our recent June 2020 CCO auction (lot 73046)." This posthumous type was also struck at Isfahan.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold, this specimen 2.72 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-20; KM-505; Album-2826 (RRR).

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed., Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• AH 1171 shahi, Isfahan mint
• AH 1171 rupi, Mazandaran mint
• AH 1187 rupi, Mashhad mint
• AH 1207 ¼ toman, Khuy mint
• Coins and currency dated 1761