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1 Abbasi - Nader Afshar type B, Nakhjawan mint
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1737 |
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| Weight | 5.33 g |
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| Reverse description | Hammered reverse displaying a multi-line Persian legend in Nasta'liq script arranged in three horizontal registers, separated by ruled cartouche lines. The legend commemorates the auspicious date of accession (Jalus) of Nader Shah, with the AH date 1149 (1737 AD) prominently inscribed in the lower field in Eastern Arabic numerals. The calligraphy is bold and characteristic of Afsharid mint practice, with slight weakness at the irregular planchet edge consistent with hand-struck production. |
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| Mintage | 1149 (1737) |
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Nader Shah's monetary reforms of the 1730s imposed a new weight standard on the abbasi, reducing it from the Safavid norm as part of a broader fiscal reorganization tied to funding his campaigns. The Nakhjawan mint — situated in what is now the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan — was one of several provincial mints pressed into service during his reign, its output reflecting the administrative reach Nader was attempting to consolidate after deposing the last Safavid shah in 1736.
Provincial strikes from Nakhjawan tend toward irregular flans. The mint's activity under Nader was intermittent at best.