Iran AH 1162 rupi

Sincona sale 88, lot 93

This specimen was lot 93 in Sincona sale 88 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 500 CHF (about US$661 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"IRAN, Afsharid Dynasty, Ebrahim, as formal ruler, 1161-1162 AH (1748-1749). Rupi 1162 AH (1749), Kerman Mint. Selten, Sehr schön, Kleiner Bohrversuch; Rare. Very fine. Small drilling (Indian testmark)."

Ebrahim was the brother of Adel Shah, the immediate successor of the assassinated Nader Shah. The SCWC mentions no rupis for this ruler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.5 g, silver, this specimen 11.51 g.

Catalog reference: Album 2764, KM unlisted, Farahbakhsh 256-6 (as Shahrukh). Rabino 429.

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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 88, The Kian Collection - Part II, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

Link to:

• AH 1161 shahi, Isfahan mint
• AH 1161 abbasi, Isfahan mint
• AH 1161 abbasi, Qazvin mint, Ibrahim
• AH 1161 abbasi, Tabriz mint, Amir Arslan Khan
• AH 1161 rupi, Mashhad mint
• AH 1161 rupi, Qazwin mint
• AH 1161 double rupee, Mashhad mint
• AH 1161 quarter mohur, Tabriz mint
• AH 1161 half mohur, Tabriz mint
• AH 1161 mohur, Isfahan mint
• AH 1162 abbasi, Tiflis mint, Ibrahim
• 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 2 rupi, Mashhad mint, Shahrukh
• AH 1162 12 shahi, Qazvin mint
• AH 1162 12 shahi (3 abbasi), Rasht mint, Ibrahim
• AH 1163 abbasi, Shiraz mint, Isma'il III
• AH 1163 6 shahi, Mazandaran mint, Solayman II
• AH 1163 ashrafi, Mashhad mint, Shahrokh
• AH 1163 double mohur, Mashhad mint, Solayman II
• Coins and currency dated 1748