Iran AH 1163 2 mohur KM-454

Sincona sale 88, lot 34

This specimen was lot 34 in Sincona sale 88 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 6,000 CHF (about US$7,929 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"IRAN, Safavid Dynasty, Solayman II. 1163 AH (1749). 2 Mohur Ashrafi 1163 AH (1750), Mashhad Mint. Von grösster Seltenheit; Of the highest rarity. NGC MS66. Purchased from Sotheby's, London, in 1981."

Wikipedia comments, "Mir Sayyed Muhammad Marashi (June 1714 – May 1763), better known by his dynastic name of Suleiman II (Persian: شاه سلیمان), was a Safavid pretender who managed to briefly become ruler of some parts of Iran from 1749 to 1750." This is the sole gold coin of this brief reign.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 22 g, gold, this specimen 22.00 g.

Catalog reference: Album 2699, KM 454, Farahbakhsh 180-1, Rabino 287.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 88, The Kian Collection - Part II, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

Link to:

• AH 1161 mohur, Isfahan mint
• AH 1162 6 shahi, Astarabad mint
• AH 1162 rupi, Isfahan mint
• AH 1162 rupi, Mashhad mint, Shahrokh
• AH 1162 rupi, Shiraz mint, Shahrokh
• AH 1162 rupi, Mazandaran mint = 10 shahi
• AH 1162 rupi, Kerman mint, Ibrahim
• AH 1162 2 rupi, Mashhad mint, Shahrukh
• AH 1162 12 shahi, Qazvin mint
• AH 1162 12 shahi (3 abbasi), Rasht mint, Ibrahim
• AH 1163 abbasi, Isfahan mint, Adel Shah
• AH 1163 abbasi, Shiraz mint, Isma'il III
• AH 1163 6 shahi, Mazandaran mint, Solayman II
• AH 1163 ashrafi, Mashhad mint, Shahrokh
• AH 1163 ashrafi, Mashhad mint, Shahrokh
• Coins and currency dated 1749