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.
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.