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1 Abbasi - Nader Afshar type B, Mashhad
| Issuer | Afsharid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1737 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | A multi-line Persian inscription in flowing nasta'liq calligraphy is contained within a raised inner octolobe cartouche occupying the central field. The inscription references the auspicious date of enthronement (AH 1150). Small decorative pellet or lozenge ornaments are interspersed within the cartouche. The flat surrounding field is plain, and the coin is bordered by a continuous beaded circle near the rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | تاریخ جلوس میمنت مانوس الخیر فیما وقع ۱۱٥٠ (Translation: In the year of the auspicious enthronement what has happened good 1150) |
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Nader Shah's monetary reforms of the late 1730s restructured the Safavid-inherited coinage system around a new weight standard, and this Mashhad issue sits squarely in that transitional moment. Mashhad — as the site of the Imam Reza shrine — held particular political weight for Nader, who attempted to reposition Twelver Shi'ism as a fifth school of Sunni Islam partly to legitimize his campaigns against the Ottomans. Coinage from this mint carried implicit religious and dynastic authority beyond its face value.
The "type B" designation marks a reconfigured die arrangement introduced as Nader consolidated minting practices across his expanding realm.