Iran AH 927 1/4 shahi

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2261

This specimen was lot 2261 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAFAVID: Isma'il I, 1501-1524, AR 1/4 shahi, Herat, AH927, mint & date in obverse center; the date is clearly 927 and not 912, as the so-called "1" between "9" and "2" is actually the alif of the mint name herât; moreover, Herat was not under Safavid control until AH916, VF, RRR. The style is similar to the half shahi of the third silver standard of the East, type A-2585F, known dated AH927-928 from several mints." Herat is now in Afghanistan.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 2.32 g.

Catalog reference: A-2585G.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• Iran (1501-24) shahi Khwaf mint
• Iran (1501-24) 2 shahi Qazwin mint
• Iran AH 929 shahi Sari mint
• AH 929 (1523) ashrafi, Yazd mint
• Coins and currency dated 1520