1/2 Mithqal - Tahmasp I Jafarabad

Jafarabad was a minor mint operating under Safavid authority in the southern Caspian region, and its output during Tahmasp I's reign is scarce enough that recorded specimens can be counted in small numbers. Tahmasp ruled for over fifty years — the longest reign in Safavid history — yet consolidation of minting under major centers like Tabriz and Qazvin meant peripheral mints were intermittently active at best.

The Album N2593 attribution places this fractional within a tight bracket of late Tahmasp issues. Zeno 27859 documents the type but the specimen pool remains thin.