Iran AH 1151 abbasi KM-369.9

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2285

This specimen was lot 2285 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $570. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, 1735-1747, AR abbasi , Tiflis, AH1151, type B, at the reduced standard used at most mints in 1150, also 1151 at Tiflis; reverse partially double-struck, choice XF, RR. Tiflis is the old name for Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia." The SCWC lists the type B rupee for Tiflis AH 1149-1151 and also KM 375.2 (type C, 4.6 g). This example may have been struck to the type C weight standard using type B dies.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.40 g, silver, this specimen 4.57 g.

Catalog reference: KM-369.9, A-2749.2, Bennett-765.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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