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Heavy 1/2 Ashrafi - Tahmasp I Rasht
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central circular medallion bearing the name of Sultan Tahmasp I, the mint name Rasht (رشت), and the coinage date. Surrounding the central medallion, the ruler's royal titles and honorifics are arranged as a continuous circumferential legend in thuluth script, typical of Safavid royal hammered coinage conventions. |
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| Mint | رشت Dar al-Marz Rasht, modern-day Rasht, Iran |
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Rasht, situated on the Caspian littoral, was among the more commercially active mints of the Safavid realm, owing largely to the silk trade that funneled through Gilan province. A heavy half-ashrafi at 1.98g sits above the standard half-ashrafi norm, suggesting either a deliberate weight adjustment for a specific transactional purpose or a die pairing drawn from full-ashrafi production. Tahmasp I's reign of 52 years — the longest of any Safavid shah — produced considerable mint variety, and Album's B2593 designation acknowledges the weight irregularities that recur across this type.