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1/4 Mithqal - Tahmasb I Safavi Qom mint
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1553 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Densely inscribed field bearing the royal titulature of Shah Tahmasb I in bold, deeply struck Arabic script executed in the Naskh style characteristic of Safavid hammered coinage. The legend reads 'Abu al-Muzaffar Bahadur Khan Tahmasb' alongside the mint name Qum and the AH regnal year 960, distributed across the flan in multiple registers. The irregular, slightly concave flan displays pronounced die-striking relief with overlapping letterforms filling the entire field to the periphery. Surface shows typical hammer-strike undulation and flan irregularity consistent with sixteenth-century Iranian mint production. No decorative border or marginal legend is present, the inscription occupying the full coin surface. |
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| Reverse description | Field entirely occupied by the Shi'a kalima in bold Arabic Naskh script, arranged in multiple registers across the irregular flan. The legend proclaims the Islamic profession of faith — 'There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God, Ali is the Friend of God' — affirming the Twelver Shi'a doctrinal allegiance of the Safavid dynasty. The deeply struck lettering exhibits characteristic overlapping and compression inherent to the small quarter-mithqal format. The surface is uneven with visible hammer marks and flan stress cracks at the periphery, typical of mid-sixteenth-century Safavid gold coinage. No border or additional ornamental devices are present. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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