1 Abbasi - Ashraf Hotaki Isfahan; Type C
Features
| Issuer |
Hotak dynasty
(Iranian States)  |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority |
Ashraf (1725-1729)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1137-1139 (1725-1727) |
| Calendar | Islamic (Hijri) |
| Value | 1 Abbasi (4) |
| Currency | Shahi (1501-1798) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 4.36 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 538529 |
| References | Album Islamic# 2720 Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd Edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States.Zeno category (https://zeno.ru/) |
Obverse
Sunni Kalima
Script: Persian (nastaliq)
Reverse
Script: Persian (nastaliq)
Unabridged legend:
az altaf- shah ashraf-e haqq-she'r ar
be-zar naqsh shod sekke-ye char ya
Translation: Courtesy of the rights-respecting Shah Ashraf, the coin of the Four Friends were struck in gold.*
Mint
| اصفهان | Isfahan, Iran |
Comments
Stephen Album's Checklist of Islamic Coins designates this coin as “Scarce” (S). For Isfahan, #2720 differs from #2721 in that #2721 was struck only at Isfahan from 1140-1141 but with the accession year of 1173 on the reverse. #2721 is Type D, while #2720 is Type C.
*Album notes that “The ‘Four Friends’ are the Sunni Rashidun, thus confirming that Ashraf was Sunni rather than Shi'ite.”
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1137 (1725) | |||||||||||||||
| 1139 (1727) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price | |
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Stephen Album Internet Auction 12 Lot 387 
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1 Nov 2021 | Undetermined | VF | Unsold | |
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