Iran AH 1172 rupi KM-517.6
This specimen was lot 111 in Sincona sale 88 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 600 CHF (about US$793 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"IRAN, Zand Dynasty, Karim Khan, 1166-1193 AH (1753-1779). Rupi 1172 AH (1759), Jelou (court mint). Sehr selten; Very rare. NGC AU50. Purchased from Spink & Son, London, in 1982."
Karim Khan was the founder and the only competent ruler of the Zands. This rupi was struck at Isfahan, Kashan, Kirman, Qazvin and Shiraz; Jelou is an unlisted mint.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.5 g, silver, this specimen 11.56 g.
Catalog reference: Album 2794, KM 517 (unlissted mint), cf. Rabino 437 = Farahbakhsh 293-1.
- 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 1170 (1756) shahi, Shiraz mint, Azad Khan
- AH 1170 rupi, Rasht mint
- AH 1170 rupi, Kashan mint, Azad Khan
- AH 1171 shahi, Isfahan mint, Muhammad Hasan Khan
- AH 1171 rupi, Isfahan mint, Mohammad Hasan Khan
- AH 1171 rupi, Mazandaran mint, Muhammad Hasan Khan
- AH 1171 mohur, Isfahan mint, Mohammad Hasan Khan
- AH 1171 mohur, Isfahan mint, Karim Khan
- AH 1171 mohur, Kashan mint, Karim Khan
- AH 1172 rupi, Shiraz mint
- AH 1172 quarter mohur, Kashan mint, Karim Khan
- AH 1172 quarter mohur, Isfahan mint
- AH 1173 (1759) rupi, Ardabil mint
- AH 1173 (1759) quarter mohur, Ardabil mint
- AH 1175 (1761) abbasi, Kashan mint
- AH 1175 (1761) quarter mohur, Tabriz mint, Muhammad Hasan Khan
- Coins and currency dated 1758