Iran AH 1162 rupi KM-434.6
This specimen was lot 101 in Sincona sale 88 (Zurich, May 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"IRAN, Afsharid Dynasty, Shahrokh, 1st reign, 1161-1163 AH (1748-1750). Rupi 1162 AH (1749), Shiraz Mint. Sehr selten, Vorzüglich, Leicht gereinigt; Very rare. Extremely fine. Lightly cleaned. Purchased from A. Shams, Frankfurt, in 1983."
Shahrokh survived the immediate turmoil after Nader's assassination and sat on the throne three times, AH 1161-63, AH 1163-66 and AH 1168-1210. He was finally murdered in 1796 after the Qajar takeover. This rupi was struck AH 1161-62 at Shiraz and five other mints.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.5 g, silver, this specimen 11.59 g.
Catalog reference: Album 2774, KM 434.6.
- 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, Jurg, 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 6 shahi, Astarabad mint
- AH 1162 rupi, Isfahan mint
- AH 1162 rupi, Mashhad mint, Shahrokh
- AH 1162 rupi, Mazandaran mint = 10 shahi
- AH 1162 rupi, Kerman mint, Ibrahim
- 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