1 Abbasi - Sultan Husayn Safavi Type E; Mashhad mint

Features

Issuer Iran
Shah Sultan Husayn I (1694-1722)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1132 (1720)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 4 Shahi
Currency Shahi (1501-1798)
Composition Silver
Weight 5.33 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 1722
Number
N#
214167
References A# 2686
Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States.

Obverse

Script: Persian

Lettering:
حسین کلب استان علی
ضرب مشهد
۱۱۳۲

Translation: The formula of type E translates to "Husayn, dog at the doorstep of 'Ali," where 'Ali can refer to either the fourth Orthodox caliph and first Shi'ite Imam, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, champion of the Shi'ites, or 'Ali b. Musa, the 8th Shi'ite Imam, buried at Mashhad.

Reverse

Script: Persian

Lettering:
لا اله الا الله
محمد رسول الله
علی ولی الله

Edge

Smooth

Mint

مشهد Mashhad Muqaddas, modern-day Mashhad, Iran

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1132 (1720) 

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