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1 Abbasi - Ashraf Hotaki Qazwin mint
| Issuer | Hotak dynasty |
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| Year | 1727 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver flan bearing the Shahada in bold Persian-script calligraphy arranged across the central field in multiple horizontal registers, divided by ruled lines. The legend reads the Islamic profession of faith along with the AH date 1139. The script is rendered in a vigorous naskh hand typical of Safavid-era and successor-state coinage, with decorative rosette or pellet ornaments flanking the inscribed bands. The irregular flan edges show characteristic die-struck flow lines consistent with hand-hammered production. No figural imagery appears; the design is entirely epigraphic. |
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| Reverse description | Hammered silver reverse bearing a multi-line Persian poetic and administrative legend arranged in horizontal registers divided by ruled lines, with pellet or rosette ornaments in the interstices. The inscription records the name and epithets of Shah Ashraf Hotaki along with the mint name Qazwin (قزوین) and eulogistic verse in the Safavid courtly tradition. The calligraphy is executed in a bold naskh style consistent with early 18th-century Iranian hammered coinage. The irregular flan exhibits typical characteristics of hand-struck production, with slightly uneven margins. The design is entirely epigraphic with no pictorial elements. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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