ISLAMIC COINS, SAFAVID, Shah ‘Abbas I, ‘Abbasi, Farahabad (10)23h, 7.60g (A 2634.3). Very fine and a rare mint. Farahabad was a palace and city built by Shah Abbas I in Mazandaran, Iran. It was built on a site formerly known as Tahan and linked to the town of Sari, 17 miles away, by a stone causeway. The shah used the city as his winter capital, and he died there in 1629. £80-100
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