Iran AH 1150 rupi KM-385.12

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2282

This specimen was lot 2282 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, 1735-1747, AR rupi, Tiflis, AH1150, type D1, VF, Scarce. Tiflis is the old name for Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia." This obscure type is listed for Tiflis dated AH 1152 and 1159.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.50 g, silver, this specimen 11.51 g.

Catalog reference: KM 385.12 (unlisted date), A-2744.1, Bennett-769/771.

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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