Iran AH 1154 rupi KM-385.2
This specimen was lot 76 in Sincona sale 88 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 1,800 CHF (about US$2,379 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"IRAN, Afsharid Dynasty, Nader Shah, as king, 1148-1160 AH (1735-1747). Rupi 1154 AH (1741), Daghestan Mint. Sehr selten, Gutes sehr schön; Very rare. Good very fine. Purchased from A. Shams, Frankfurt, in 1988."
Nadir Shah was the power behind the throne in the last years of the Safavids. Finally, he tired of ruling thru puppets and seized the throne for himself in AH 1148. Daghestan produced the rupi in AH 1154 and is a rare mint compared to the other mints (Bahkar, Darband, Ganjah, Isfahan, Kabul, Mashhad, Nadirabad, Qazvin, Shiraz, Tabriz and Tiflis). Daghestan is now a region in Russia, on the west shore of the Caspian Sea.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.5 g, silver, this specimen 11.63 g.
Catalog reference: Album 2744.1. KM 385.2, Farahbakhsh 231-7. Rabino 350.
- 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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 88, The Kian Collection - Part II, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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