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1/2 Shahi - Isma'il I Safavi
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1503-1512 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1503-1512) |
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Isma'il I founded the Safavid dynasty in 1501 and within months made Twelver Shi'a Islam the compulsory state religion of Iran — a political rupture with the surrounding Sunni world that shaped the coinage immediately. The half shahi belongs to the early decade of his reign, before the monetary system fully stabilized following the catastrophic Ottoman victory at Chaldiran in 1514, which temporarily overran the Safavid minting centers in the northwest.
Tabriz, the early Safavid capital, was the primary mint for this period, though attributing individual pieces to specific mints without clear mint marks remains an ongoing problem in the series.