Ashrafi - Nader Afshar Type B, Esfāhān mint

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.