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Coins struck at Mashhad

2 catalogued coins and notes attributed to Mashhad, with weights, legends, dates and Wikimedia-sourced images across Timurid & Safavid.

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Timurid & Safavid · 1370 – 1736 CE

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Shah Tahmasp I — Imam Reza Mint, Mashhad

Shah Tahmasp I

1524–1576 CE

Tahmasp's 52-year reign stabilised the dynasty after his father's defeat at Chaldiran (1514). His Mashhad coinage, struck at the Shrine of Imam Reza, was a powerful Shia statement directed at the Sunni Ottoman and Uzbek neighbours.

Shah Abbas I 'the Great' — Mashhad

Shah Abbas I

1588–1629 CE

Shah Abbas built modern Iran — a centralised administration, the relocated capital at Isfahan, and a silk monopoly that drew European trading companies. The 'abbasi' silver coin (~7.7 g) bearing his name became the gold standard of Indian Ocean trade for two centuries.

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