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1/4 Mohur - Fat'h Ali Khan Afshar Zand Rebel

Issuer Zand Dynasty
Year 1762
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description The obverse field is entirely occupied by a multi-line Persian-Arabic legend in bold, deeply struck Nasta'liq script, divided into three horizontal registers by raised linear bands. The upper register carries a poetic invocation, the central register bears the name of the Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha, and the lower register records the mint name Tabriz and the regnal year 1175 AH. The script is bold and deeply impressed, characteristic of late Safavid-period die-cutting traditions continued under Afsharid and Zand rebel coinage. The flan is irregular, as typical of hammered gold coinage of this period and region.
Obverse script Arabic
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Edge Smooth
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