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 Mithqal - Muhammad Khodabanda Safavi type B, Kashan mint
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
|---|---|
| Year | 1581 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Shahi (1501-1798) |
| 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 | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | غلام امام محمد مهدی ضرب کاشان ۹۸۹ |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| 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 | 989 (1581) |
| Additional information |
Muhammad Khodabanda (r. 1578–1587) was a nearly blind shah thrust onto the Safavid throne after the assassination of his nephew Ismail II, whose paranoid purges had decimated the royal family. His reign was effectively controlled first by his wife Mahd-i Ulya and then by competing Qizilbash factions — the coinage issued in his name reflects a functioning state apparatus operating largely around a figurehead. Kashan was among the more productive mints of the period, sitting on major caravan routes connecting Isfahan to the north.
The Type B designation distinguishes this issue from earlier mithqal strikings of the same reign by calligraphic arrangement.