Toman - Fath Ali Shah Portrait left, mule

A mule in Persian gold coinage from this period almost certainly arose from die-mixing at the Tehran or Tabriz mint, where multiple portrait dies for Fath Ali Shah's famously long-bearded likeness circulated in production simultaneously. Fath Ali Shah died in 1834, and dies prepared during his final years were sometimes paired incorrectly — or deliberately reused after his death during the chaotic succession crisis that briefly brought several claimants forward before Mohammad Shah consolidated power.

The "var" designation against KM#765 signals the mule status is documented but not fully catalogued. Fr#41 covers the broader Toman type; this pairing sits outside its normal die marriage.