Iran AH 1161 abbasi KM-405

Steve Album sale 39, lot 2671

This specimen was lot 2671 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFSHARID: 'Adel Shah, 1747-1748, AR abbasi, Mazandaran, AH1161, very rare type, used only at Mazandaran briefly in AH1161, choice VF, RR."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.6 g, silver, this specimen 4.62 g.

Catalog reference: A-2761, KM-405.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• AH 1159 rupi, Sind mint
• AH 1161 rupi, Mashhad mint
• AH 1161 rupi, Qazwin mint
• AH 1162 6 shahi
• AH 1162 12 shahi
• AH 1162 rupi, Mazandaran mint
• Coins and currency dated 1748