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Ashrafi - Nader Afshar Type B, Esfāhān mint
| Issuer | Afsharid Dynasty Mint |
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| Year | 1736-1746 |
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| Value | 1 Ashrafi (48) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | 1148 (1736) - - 1149 (1737) - - 1150 (1738) - - 1151 (1739) - - 1152 (1740) - - 1153 (1741) - - 1154 (1741) - - 1155 (1742) - - 1156 (1743) - - 1157 (1744) - - 1158 (1745) - - 1159 (1746) - - |
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Nader Shah seized the Peacock Throne in 1736 after deposing the last Safavid figurehead, and his early gold coinage from Esfāhān reflects the administrative scramble of a new dynasty consolidating legitimacy over a mint that had operated continuously under Safavid authority for over two centuries. The Type B classification distinguishes a revised calligraphic arrangement introduced mid-reign, likely tied to Nader's 1743 campaign demands forcing re-organization of provincial mint output.
Esfāhān remained the highest-volume gold mint under Nader despite his personal preference for Mashhad as a symbolic seat of power.