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Iran, civic copper of Qazvin dated 1156 AH / lion attacking a gazelle

Started by anusin, July 31, 2016, 04:13:21 PM

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anusin

Please help me to identify this coin....weight 10.40 grams, height 25.18mm, width 19.97mm

saro

 :applause: it's a nice iranian dated civic copper
The mintname is cut and only the last part is on the coin : "...vin" which is with no doubt "Qazvin".
the date is vertically written : 1156 AH.
"All I know is that I know nothing" (Socrates)

Figleaf

Yet another great id, saro. :bow:

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

anusin


Figleaf

That's three different mints (Qum, Isfahan and now Qazvin) using the same theme. Travelling die cutter, I suppose.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

saro

Quote from: Figleaf on August 01, 2016, 10:26:57 AM
That's three different mints (Qum, Isfahan and now Qazvin) using the same theme. Travelling die cutter, I suppose.

The lion attacking a gazelle, a deer or other similar animals, is a very popular design on iranian civic coppers; I have counted 8 different mints :
Erivan, Isfahan, Kashan, Qazvin, Qom, Rasht, Teheran and Urumi, without considering the afghan coppers struck under persian rule....

For information, the Qom coin is shown p.55 in the recent book "Persian Copper Coins by Bahram Alaedini"
"All I know is that I know nothing" (Socrates)

anusin

where can I get this book......."Persian Copper Coins by Bahram Alaedini"