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1 Abbasi - Safi I Safavi Tiflis mint
| Issuer | Safavid Empire |
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| Year | 1630-1635 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Hammered silver flan bearing a multi-line Persian legend in bold nasta'liq script, arranged in two registers separated by a horizontal ruled line. The upper field bears the royal devotional inscription proclaiming the issuer as a servant of Shah Safi, while the lower register records the mint name Tiflis and the AH date 1043. The striking is characteristically irregular, with the legend partially off-flan at the margins, as is typical of Safavid hammered coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Hammered silver flan bearing the Shi'a Islamic profession of faith (the triple kalima) rendered in bold nasta'liq script across two registers divided by a horizontal ruled line. The upper register contains the shahada — 'There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God' — while the lower register carries the Shi'a addition 'Ali is the Friend of God.' The deeply cut calligraphy fills the field in the characteristic Safavid style, with letters partially running off the irregular flan edges. |
| Reverse script | Persian |
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