361, Lot: 93. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Afsharids. Nadir Shah. As king, AH 1148-1160 / AD 1736-1747. AV Ashrafi (23mm, 3.45 g, 6h). Type A2. Shiraz mint. Dated AH 1149 (AD 1736/7). Cf. Farahbakhsh 224-3 (abbasi; for type); SICA 9, 938 var. (AH date); Album 2740.2. VF, traces of deposits in devices, crimped and wavy flan, shroff mark, or attempted hole for suspension. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, February 1988.