Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
2 Shahi 'Muhammadi' - Mohammad Khodābande Safavi type A, Hamadan mint
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
|---|---|
| Year | 1578 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | 1588 |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Persian royal titulature legend in Naskh/Nasta'liq script, arranged within a rectangular cartouche-like layout. The inscription identifies the ruler as Sultan Abu'l-Muzaffar Muhammad Padshah ibn Tahmasp al-Husayni, proclaiming his devotion as a servant of Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi. The mint name Hamadan (همدان) and the regnal date appear within the field. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, characteristic of hammered Safavid coinage. The overall design reflects the standard Muhammadi type A issue of Mohammad Khodabande's reign. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 986 (1578) |
| Additional information |
Mohammad Khodābande came to the Safavid throne in 1578 nearly blind — court physicians had partially sighted him, but he was considered politically manageable by the qizilbash faction that engineered his succession. The "Muhammadi" coinage type was introduced under his reign as part of a broader attempt to stabilize Safavid monetary orthodoxy after the disruptions of Shah Esmā'il II's short, violent rule. Hamadan, sitting on the western plateau trade routes toward Ottoman territory, was an active mint precisely because that frontier demanded reliable silver in circulation.