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1/2 Shahi - Tahmasp I Fourth Standard
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1547-1552 |
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| Value | 1/2 Shahi |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a prominent teardrop-shaped (shamsa) cartouche rendered in bold relief, enclosing the mint name in Arabic script. The cartouche is surrounded by a radiating border of stylized foliate or reed-like elements forming a decorative inner ring. Additional Arabic legends occupy the peripheral field, characteristic of Safavid hammered coinage of the mid-sixteenth century. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a circular cartouche enclosing the Shi'a kalima or royal titulature in bold Arabic script, with the name and titles of Shah Tahmasp I rendered in a flowing nasta'liq style. Surrounding the central cartouche, further Arabic inscriptions occupy the field in sweeping cursive lines, consistent with the religious and dynastic formulae standard on Safavid Fourth Standard coinage. The overall composition is densely inscribed, filling the flan to its irregular edges, with no figurative imagery, in keeping with Islamic numismatic tradition. |
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| Mintage | ND (1547-1552) |
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