Islamic, Persia (Post-Mongol), Zands, Muhammad Karim Khan (AH 1164-1193 / AD 1751-1779) AV 1/4 Mohur (Gold, 2.72g, 25mm) type C, Yazd, AH 1188 = 1774/5.
Obv: The Zand couplet ‘shod āftāb-o māh zar-o sim dar jahān, az sekke-ye emām-e be haq sāhebozzamān’ (‘The sun and moon became gold and silver in the world / From the coin of the rightful Imam, the Age’s Lord’ in Persian).
Rev: Within a circle, ‘zarb-e dār al-ʿibād Yazd’ (‘Struck in the Abode of the Worshippers Yazd’ in Persian); above, ‘yā Karīm’ (‘O Generous One’ in Arabic); below, ‘1188’.
Ref: Album 2791. Some areas of weakness and with a few scrapes
From the Asha & Ardeshir Dabestani Collection, formed over the past four decades