5 Shahi - Abbas II Tabriz mint

Abbas II consolidated Safavid numismatic administration in the 1650s, enforcing stricter mint oversight across the empire following decades of inconsistent provincial output. Tabriz, sitting close to the Ottoman frontier, had a politically complicated minting history — the city changed hands between Safavid and Ottoman control multiple times during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries before stabilizing under Shah Abbas I. By the reign of Abbas II, Tabriz was a functioning but secondary mint, subordinate to the great output centers of Isfahan.

The 5 Shahi denomination corresponds to the half-abbasi, a workhorse of Safavid commercial exchange. Dies from Tabriz in this period are known for slight irregularities in flan preparation.