Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Abbasi - Sultan Husayn I Type D, Nakhjavan mint
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
|---|---|
| Year | 1718-1722 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Abbasi (4) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Three-line Persian inscription in nastaliq script, centered in the field. The border treatment varies by subtype: A2683.1 features a border of small pellets or beads encircling the central legend, while A2683.2 displays an inscription naming the twelve Shi'ite Imams forming the border. Type D abbasis exhibit considerable variation in calligraphy, legend arrangement, and border style, reflecting the use of multiple working dies across several mints during the reign of Sultan Husayn I. Particularly fine calligraphic variants are known from the Qazwin mint, produced during the period when Husayn temporarily relocated his capital there. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Three-line Persian inscription in nastaliq script occupying the central field, giving the mint name and regnal formula. The hijri date appears at the lower left of the legend, though in certain examples it is positioned on the second line of the inscription. The overall layout reflects the standard Safavid hammered coinage format, with notable variation in die alignment and flan preparation consistent with provincial mint production. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Sultan Husayn I ruled the Safavid empire during its terminal collapse — his reign ended in 1722 when Afghan Ghilzai forces under Mahmud Hotaki besieged Isfahan for six months and starved the capital into submission. Husayn personally surrendered the crown in October of that year. Nakhjavan, a mint city in the contested Caucasian borderlands long disputed between Safavid and Ottoman authority, continued striking through this period of disintegration.
The Type D classification within A#2683 reflects die arrangement variants documented across the late Husayn coinage, with subtle differences in the field layout distinguishing subtypes .1 and .2.