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Abbasi - Nader Afshar - Granted autonomy in Khorasan Type A, Mashhad mint
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1731-1736 |
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| Weight | 4.54 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse field is entirely occupied by four lines of elegant Nasta'liq Arabic-Persian calligraphy arranged in bold horizontal registers across the flan. The uppermost line reads 'az Khorasan sekke bar zar shod' (from Khorasan the coin on gold was struck), followed by 'be tawfiq-e Khoda nasrat va imdad' (by the grace of God, victory and support), then 'Shah-e Din Ali Musa Reza' invoking the eighth Shia Imam, and finally the mint and date formula 'Zarb Mashhad-e Moqaddas 1142' (struck at Holy Mashhad, AH 1142). The lettering is deeply struck in high relief with characteristic Afsharid calligraphic style, the legends separated by finely incised horizontal rules, and the whole contained within a plain circular border. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | از خراسان سکه بر زر شد بتوفیق خدا نصرت و امداد شاه دین علی موسی رضا ضرب مشهد مقدس ۱۱۴۲ |
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