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Revision as of 10:12, 8 November 2024

Sincona sale 92, lot 48

This specimen was lot 48 in Sincona sale 92 (Zurich, October 2024), where it sold for 375 CHF (about US$520 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"IRAN Afsharid Dynasty, Adel Shah, 1160-1161 AH (1747-1748). Abbasi 1163 AH (1749/1750), Isfahan Mint. Vorzüglich-FDC. Leicht gereinigt, About Uncirculated, Lightly cleaned. Purchased from G. Moussesian, Munich, in 1998."

According to the SCWC, this ashrafi was struck AH 1160-1161 at Isfahan (shwon here), Herat, Mashhad, Qazvin and Shiraz. Adel Shah was defeated and deposed in June 1748 and executed a few months later. We don't know who issued this coin in Adel Shah's name.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.6 g, silver, this specimen 4.67 g.

Catalog reference: Album 2760 type A. Farahbakhsh 244-5. KM 402.2 (unlisted date).

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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 92: The Kian Collection - Part 3 (Islamic and Persian Coins and Medals, Orders of the Chivalry) and The Tuhfa Collection of Arabic Gold Coins, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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