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2 Shahi - Isma`il I Safavi Simnan
| Issuer | Safavid Dynasty |
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| Year | 1506 |
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| Reference(s) | Album Islamic#2575 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is entirely occupied by a dense, spiraling multi-line Persian inscription in Nasta'liq script, arranged within an interlaced circular cartouche framed by a beaded border. The legend enumerates the Shahada followed by the names of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'a Islam, a distinctive hallmark of early Safavid coinage introduced under Shah Isma'il I to assert the dynasty's Shi'a identity. The tightly compressed calligraphy fills the field from center to rim, with individual lines curving organically to fit the circular flan. The hammered flan is irregular in outline with slightly raised edges characteristic of early Safavid silver issues. No pictorial motifs are present; the design is entirely epigraphic. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله علی ولی الله محمد مصطفی/ علی مرتضی/ حسن رضیّ/ حسین شهید کربلا/ علی زین العابدین/ محمد الباقر/ جعفر الصادق/ موسی کاظم/ علی موسی رضا/ محمد تقی/ علی نقی/ حسن عسکری/ محمد مهدی (Translation: There is no god except Allah Muhammad the Prophet Ali Wali Allah Mohammad Mostafa / Ali Morteza / Hassan Rezia / Hossein Shahid Karbala / Ali Zein al-Abedin / Mohammad al-Baqir / Jafar al-Sadiq / Musa Kazem / Ali Musa Reza / Mohammad Taghi / Ali Naghi / Hassan Askari / Mohammad Mehdi) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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