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Qajar. Fath Ali Shah gold Toman Sahebqeran AH 1242 (1826/1827) MS62 NGC, Rikab (Rekab) mint, Type X, KM757.6, A-2868 (R), Kazan-Unl., Khedivial-Unl., Poole-Unl., Farahbakhsh-Unl., SICA IX-Unl. 4.59gm. An extremely rare traveling mint from this reign, undocumented both by Poole in the British Museum (as of 1887) and by Album in the Ashmolean, with this remaining the sole example we have been able to locate. The term "rekab" itself means "stirrup," with the full mint name (Zarrabkhane-ye Mubarake-ye Rikab) meaning "the fortuitous mint of the stirrup"--a mobile mint which accompanied the royal army during its campaigns. Though reasonable common for the coinage of Karim Khan of the Zand Dynasty, the mint is almost never encountered during the later Qajar period.
Ex. Sunrise Collection (Heritage Auction #3021, January 2013, Lot 21903); Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger Auction 384 (November 2005, Lot 1390)
https://coins.ha.com/itm/iran/iran-qajar-fath-ali-shah-gold-toman-sahebqeran-ah-1242-1826-1827-ms62-ngc-/a/3094-34878.s?type=CoinArchives3094
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 3000-4000 USD
Qajar. Fath Ali Shah gold Toman Sahebqeran AH 1242 (1826/1827) MS62 NGC, Rikab (Rekab) mint, Type X, KM757.6, A-2868 (R), Kazan-Unl., Khedivial-Unl., Poole-Unl., Farahbakhsh-Unl., SICA IX-Unl. 4.59gm. An extremely rare traveling mint from this reign, undocumented both by Poole in the British Museum (as of 1887) and by Album in the Ashmolean, with this remaining the sole example we have been able to locate. The term "rekab" itself means "stirrup," with the full mint name (Zarrabkhane-ye Mubarake-ye Rikab) meaning "the fortuitous mint of the stirrup"--a mobile mint which accompanied the royal army during its campaigns. Though reasonable common for the coinage of Karim Khan of the Zand Dynasty, the mint is almost never encountered during the later Qajar period.
Ex. Sunrise Collection (Heritage Auction #3021, January 2013, Lot 21903); Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger Auction 384 (November 2005, Lot 1390)
https://coins.ha.com/itm/iran/iran-qajar-fath-ali-shah-gold-toman-sahebqeran-ah-1242-1826-1827-ms62-ngc-/a/3094-34878.s?type=CoinArchives3094
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 3000-4000 USD