IRAN, Qajars. Nasir al-Din Shah, AH 1264-1313 / AD 1848-1896. Toman (Gold, 17 mm, 3.32 g, 3 h), type R, Rasht, AH 1276 = AD 1859/60. Within a circle, ‘al-sulṭān ibn al-sulṭān Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh-e Qājār’ (‘Sultan, son of Sultan, Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar’ in Arabic/Persian). Rev. Within a circle, ‘zarb-e dār al-marz Rasht 1276’ (‘Struck in the Abode of the Frontier Rasht. 1276’ in Persian). Album 2921. Struck slightly off center and with traces of mounting, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Asha & Ardeshir Dabestani Collection, formed over the past four decades.