10 Shahi - Sultan Husayn Safavi

Sultan Husayn's reign (1694–1722) is bookmarked by administrative paralysis and the catastrophic Afghan invasion that ended Safavid rule entirely. By 1706–1707, the dynasty's minting operations were increasingly erratic — provincial mints ran with inconsistent supervision, producing weight and fineness variations that drove silver hoarding among the merchant class. The 10 shahi denomination, a heavy multiple, was particularly vulnerable to this: examples from the period show measurable weight scatter even within single mint runs.

Sultan Husayn was deposed by Mir Mahmud Hotak in 1722 and executed seven years later — making coins of his reign the last substantial silver issues of a dynasty that had controlled Iranian coinage for over two centuries.