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1 Abbasi - Abbas II Safavi Type B1, Yerevan mint
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1644-1654 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#169.3, A#2646 |
| Obverse description | The obverse displays three horizontal registers of bold Nasta'liq script filling the entire field, framed by a continuous inner border of raised pellets. The uppermost register contains the opening words of the royal mint poem, the central register bears the name and title of Shah Abbas II as Sahib-Qiran, and the lower register records the mint name Irevan (Yerevan) together with the AH regnal year 1060. The script is deeply struck and exhibits the characteristic flowing calligraphic style of Safavid coinage, with individual letter forms elegantly interlinked across the die surface. |
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| Obverse lettering | بگیتی سکه صاحبقرانی زد از توفیق حق عباس ثانی ضرب ایروان ۱۰۶۰ |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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