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2 Shahi - Abbas I Safavi Second Standard, Type B, Nimruz
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1597-1629 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#263, A#2635.1 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the mint and, in accordance with Safavid Second Standard Type B convention, displays the mint name Nimruz (ضرب نیمروز) in bold Nasta'liq script within the central field. The inscription is set in a simple cartouche arrangement with additional calligraphic elements filling the surrounding field. The flan is irregular and exhibits typical hammerwork surface texture, with portions of the legend occasionally running off the planchet edge as is common for this issue. No regnal year appears, consistent with the undated nature of this type. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Abbas I reorganized Safavid coinage in 1596–97 following his military campaigns to recapture Khorasan from the Uzbeks, standardizing weights and introducing regional mint identifiers with greater consistency than his predecessors had managed. Nimruz — the ancient region centered on Sistan in what is now southeastern Iran and southwestern Afghanistan — sat on a contested frontier, and its mint output reflects the administrative effort to integrate peripheral territories into the reformed monetary system.
Type B of this standard is distinguished from Type A primarily by the arrangement of the mint and date cartouches, a die-layout decision rather than a policy change. Nimruz-mint pieces are notably scarcer than those from Tabriz, Isfahan, or Qazvin.