Iran AH 1163 abbasi KM-402.2
This specimen was lot 48 in Sincona sale 92 (Zurich, October 2024), where it sold for 375 CHF (about US$520 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"IRAN Afsharid Dynasty, Adel Shah, 1160-1161 AH (1747-1748). Abbasi 1163 AH (1749/1750), Isfahan Mint. Vorzüglich-FDC. Leicht gereinigt, About Uncirculated, Lightly cleaned. Purchased from G. Moussesian, Munich, in 1998."
According to the SCWC, this ashrafi was struck AH 1160-1161 at Isfahan (shwon here), Herat, Mashhad, Qazvin and Shiraz. Adel Shah was defeated and deposed in June 1748 and executed a few months later. We don't know who issued this coin in Adel Shah's name.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.6 g, silver, this specimen 4.67 g.
Catalog reference: Album 2760 type A. Farahbakhsh 244-5. KM 402.2 (unlisted date).
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- [1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 92: The Kian Collection - Part 3 (Islamic and Persian Coins and Medals, Orders of the Chivalry) and The Tuhfa Collection of Arabic Gold Coins, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
Link to:
- AH 1161 (1748) mohur, Isfahan mint, Adel Shah
- AH 1162 abbasi, Tiflis mint, Ibrahim
- AH 1163 abbasi, Shiraz mint, Ismail III
- AH 1163 6 shahi, Mazandaran mint, Solayman II
- AH 1163 ashrafi, Mashhad mint, Shahrokh
- AH 1163 (1749) ashrafi, Mashhad mint, Shahrokh
- AH 1163 double mohur, Mashhad mint, Solayman II
- Coins and currency dated 1749