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1 Bisti - Abbas I Safavi Isfahan mint
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1613 |
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| Value | 20 Dinars (⅖) |
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| Obverse description | Irregular hammered silver flan bearing a Persian inscription in bold Nasta'liq script arranged in two registers separated by a curved dividing line. The upper register contains the pious formula identifying the issuer as a servant of the Shah of Wilayat (Ali), while the lower register bears the name Abbas and the mint name Isfahan (Isfahān). Small pellet ornaments are visible in the field flanking the lower inscription, characteristic of Safavid hammered coinage of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Abbas I restructured the Safavid monetary system around 1596, introducing a rationalized coinage hierarchy that persisted well into the seventeenth century. The bisti occupied the lowest practical silver denomination in that system — small enough that enormous quantities were struck to meet everyday market demand across the empire. Isfahan, designated the imperial capital by Abbas in 1598 after his transfer from Qazvin, housed a mint that became one of the most productive in the Islamic world during his reign, supplying coinage to a court and commercial network of considerable reach.