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5 Shahi - Abbas II Safavi; First Standard Type C; Iravan
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1659-1665 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | لا اله الا الله محمّد رسول الله علی ولی الله علی حسن حسین علی محمد جعفر موسی علی محمد علی حسن محمد |
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| Reverse lettering | بگیتی سکه صاحبقرانی زد از توفیق حق عبّاس ثانی ضرب ایروان ۱۰٦٩ |
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Abbas II ruled from 1642 to 1666, a reign long enough to see multiple coinage reforms and regional mint variations across the Safavid realm. Iravan — modern Yerevan — sat at the contested Armenian frontier, taken from the Ottomans definitively by Shah Abbas I in the 1603–04 campaign and retained through the 1639 Treaty of Zuhab that finally partitioned the Caucasus between the two empires. Coins struck there carry a geographic weight beyond their silver content.
Album's "First Standard Type C" designation reflects die axis and marginal inscription variants that Safavid scholars use to sequence production within a reign, not a formal mint classification.