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1 Shahi - Isma'il I Safavi - First Standard Lahijan
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Currency | Shahi (1501-1798) |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله علي ولي الله |
| Reverse description | Reverse bears the mint name Lahijan and the regnal titles of Shah Isma'il I, struck according to the full Safavid standard rather than the local reduced Gilan standard, rendered in Arabic Nasta'liq script within a square cartouche with marginal border inscription. The legend includes the name and titles of the shah along with the mint epithet. As noted by Stephen Album's Checklist of Islamic Coins, while the type is classified as Common for most mints, the Lahijan issue struck to the full standard — rather than the local Gilan standard — is designated Very Rare (RR). |
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Isma'il I established the Safavid state at Lahijan in Gilan province before his decisive campaigns southward, and the coins struck there during his earliest regal period represent the monetary output of a ruler who had not yet consolidated Persia. The Lahijan mint was active during a window of months, not years — once Isma'il seized Tabriz in 1501 and declared Twelver Shi'ism the state religion, production shifted to more central mints almost immediately.
Album 2576 is a broad type encompassing considerable variation in die work and weight standard across mints. A Lahijan attribution for this first standard places it among the earliest documented Safavid issues.