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Shahi - Tahmasp I Safavi Mashhad; Second Eastern Silver Standard
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 935-936 (1529-1564) |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the Shia kalima (profession of faith) inscribed in nastaʿlīq script, surrounded by the names of the Twelve Imams arranged as a border legend encircling the central inscription. The lettering is boldly struck in relief on an irregular flan typical of Safavid hammered coinage. The overall design reflects the Twelver Shia doctrinal program institutionalized under the Safavid dynasty. |
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| Mintage | 935 (1529) 936 (1530) ND (1553-1564) |
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The date range here is misleading at first glance — 935–936 AH covers only two lunar years, yet Tahmasp I reigned for over five decades, making this a narrowly attributed emission within a much longer series. Mashhad's mint gained particular significance under the Safavids as a pilgrimage city housing the shrine of Imam Reza, and royal investment in its mint was partly devotional, partly political — demonstrating Twelver Shia legitimacy through controlled silver output.
The "Second Eastern Silver Standard" designation reflects a documented weight reform, not a geographic curiosity. Album's sequencing of type 2606 places this squarely within Tahmasp's early consolidation period following his father Ismail I's death in 1524.