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6 Shahi - Nader Afshar Type C, Isfahan Mint
| Issuer | Afsharid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1737-1739 |
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| Weight | 6.8 g |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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| Mintage | 1150 (1737) - - 1151 (1738) - - 1152 (1739) - - |
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Nader Shah's monetary reforms of the 1730s were unusually systematic for a ruler who came to power through military force rather than dynastic inheritance. The 6 Shahi denomination was part of a deliberate restructuring of the Safavid monetary system Nader had inherited — and largely dismantled — following his effective seizure of control in 1732 and formal coronation at the Mughal-style assembly on the Moghan plain in 1736. Isfahan, the old Safavid imperial capital, continued striking under Afsharid authority partly as a statement of legitimacy, the mint's prestige carrying political weight Nader could not afford to abandon.
The "Type C" designation reflects a die revision within a short window — 1737 to 1739 — that ended with Nader's catastrophic Indian campaign reshaping the empire's bullion supply entirely.