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12 Shahi / 3 Abbasi - Ibrahim Afshar Type A, Tabriz
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1748-1749 |
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| Currency | Shahi (1501-1798) |
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| Obverse description | The field is occupied by a multi-line Persian nastaliq legend arranged in two registers separated by a horizontal ruled line, all contained within a dotted border. The upper register bears the royal epithet and the name of the issuing authority, while the lower register continues the regnal formula proclaiming Ibrahim Shah. The script is deeply struck in the fluid, calligraphic nastaliq style characteristic of Afsharid hammered coinage, with the bold strokes of the legend filling the flan to its edges. |
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| Obverse lettering | سکه صاحبقرانی زد بتوفیق اله همچو خورشید جهان افروز ابراهیم شاه |
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Ibrahim Khan Afshar was a ephemeral claimant during the chaotic post-Nader Shah fragmentation — one of several regional governors and princes who struck coins in their own name during the 1748–1750 interregnum before Karim Khan Zand consolidated power. The Tabriz mint was among the most active in northwestern Iran during these succession struggles, producing coinage for whichever authority held the city.
The "Type A" designation distinguishes this issue from at least one subsequent variety struck under Ibrahim's brief authority, suggesting the Tabriz dies were reworked during even this short period of control.