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1 Shahi - Abbas I Safavi Rasht mint, Type D2
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1615 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line nastaliq inscription filling the entire field, identifying the ruler and mint. The legend proclaims Abbas as servant of the Shah of the Velayat, with the mint name Rasht and the date of issue. The script is boldly engraved in the characteristic Safavid style, with fluid calligraphic strokes radiating across the irregular flan. No formal cartouche or border frames the legend, as is typical of provincial hammered issues of this period. |
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| Mint | Rasht |
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Abbas I aggressively reformed Safavid coinage beginning around 1608, introducing a new weight standard and reorganizing the mint network to fund his wars against the Ottomans and Uzbeks. Rasht, as the principal city of Gilan province on the Caspian littoral, operated a mint that served the region's active silk trade — Gilan was the empire's most productive silk-growing territory, and silver moved through it in volume.
The D2 type classification distinguishes this issue within the Abbas I series by specific calligraphic die arrangement. Specimens from Rasht in identifiable type variants are appreciably scarcer than output from Isfahan or Tabriz.