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!
Abbasi - Karim Khan Zand Type C, Shiraz
| Issuer | Karim Khan Zand |
|---|---|
| Year | 1766-1767 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Abbasi (4) |
| 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 | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | شد آفتاب و ماه زر و سیم در جهان از سکه امام بحق صاحب الزمان ۱۱٨٠ (Translation: The sun and moon have become gold and silver throughout the world, by the coins of the Imam, indeed, the Master of Time.) |
| 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 | ND - - 1180 (1766) - - 1181 (1767) - - |
| Additional information |
Karim Khan Zand never took the title of Shah, ruling instead as Vakil ol-Ro'aya — "Advocate of the People" — a deliberate political posture that set his regime apart from every other Persian dynasty of the period. This coin was struck during the height of his consolidation of power from Shiraz, which he rebuilt extensively and made his administrative capital after decades of post-Safavid fragmentation had left Iran without a stable center.
The Shiraz mint was among the most active under Zand administration, and Type C issues reflect a stabilization of the abbasi standard after earlier recoinage difficulties.