Iran AH 1163 6 shahi KM-455
This specimen was lot 33 in Sincona sale 88 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 900 CHF (about US$1,189 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"IRAN, Safavid Dynasty, Solayman II. 1163 AH (1749). 6 Shahi 1163 AH (1749), Mazandaran Mint. Äusserst selten, Sehr schön-vorzüglich, Gereinigt; Extremely rare. Very fine-extremely fine. Cleaned. Purchased from A. Saeedi, London, in 1989."
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 a scarce coin from a brief reign.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.90 g, silver, this specimen 6.86 g.
Catalog reference: Album 2700, KM 455, Farahbakhsh 176.
- 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 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, Shiraz mint, Isma'il III
- AH 1163 ashrafi, Mashhad mint, Shahrokh
- AH 1163 double mohur, Mashhad mint, Solayman II
- Coins and currency dated 1749