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1/4 Mohur Ashrafi - Karim Khan Zand Type D, Kermān mint
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1767 |
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| Weight | 2.75 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing a bold Arabic legend in two lines reading 'Ya Karim' (O Generous One, invoking both a divine attribute of God and the name of the ruler Karim Khan Zand) above the mint formula 'Zarb Dar al-Aman Kerman' (struck at the Abode of Safety, Kerman). The inscription is executed in fluid Naskh-style script with diacritical dots and is enclosed within a raised inner circle, surrounded by a border of large raised beads typical of Zand-period hammered gold coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Karim Khan Zand never took the title of Shah, ruling instead as Vakil al-Ra'aya — regent of the subjects — a deliberate political choice that distinguished his administration from the Safavid tradition he nominally upheld. Kerman was a productive mint under the Zands, and this fractional gold issue reflects the dynasty's attempt to maintain a functioning monetary system during the chronic instability that followed Nader Shah's assassination in 1747. The Type D classification denotes a specific die arrangement within Karim Khan's coinage sequence, distinguished in the Album and Zeno references by calligraphic layout rather than iconographic change.