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1 Abbasi - Abbas II Type B, Tiflis
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1644-1658 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mint | Tiflis |
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Abbas II inherited the Safavid throne at age nine in 1642 and proved a more capable ruler than his dissolute father Safi I. The Tiflis mint — operating in what is now Tbilisi, Georgia — functioned under Safavid control during intervals of contested suzerainty over the Caucasus, a region the Safavids and Ottomans had fought over repeatedly since the sixteenth century. Abbas II's firm hold on eastern Georgia during this period kept the mint productive.
Type B of this reign is distinguished from Type A by specific calligraphic arrangements in the mint and regnal formula — a detail that matters for attribution given how frequently Safavid silver of this period circulated far beyond its region of issue.