2 Shahi "Muhammadi" - Muhammad Khudabanda Safavi Shiraz mint

Features

Issuer Iran
Shah Mohammad I Khodabanda (1578-1587)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 986 (1579)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 2 Shahi
Currency Shahi (1501-1798)
Composition Silver
Weight 4.63 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 1588
Number
N#
62201
References A# 2618 var.
Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States.

Obverse

Royal inscription, mint name and date.

Script: Persian

Lettering:
السلطان الکامل الهادی الولی ابوالمظفر شاه سلطان محمد بهادر خان بن طهماسب خلدالله تعالی ملکه
ضرب شیراز ۹۸۶

Reverse

Shi'ite kalima and twelve imams' names. Reverse as type A

Script: Persian

Lettering:
لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله علی ولی الله
علی حسن حسین علی محمد جعفر موسی علی محمد علی حسن محمد

Edge

Smooth

Mint

شیراز Shiraz, Iran

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986 (1579) 

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