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# 22Rupee 1212 RY 5 Shah ZamanAfghanistan - Durrani
Afghanistan – Durrani Dynasty – Shah Zaman (AH 1207-1216 / AD 1793-1801). Rupee AH 1212 // 1212 YR 5, Mint: Ahmadshahi (Ashrafu-l-bilad) / Qandahar, Silver (ø 22 mm – w. 11.51 g.). Edge: plain. KM A134. Whitehead type 748.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Couplet with the Ruler's name and titles (from bottom to top: Sikka zad bar sim zar / Zaman Shah yamin wa yasari / bi-hokam Ilahi = Struck coin on silver and gold by the Divine command, Shah Zaman, right hand and left hand (of the State)). The date (12-12) is above the bottom line at left, divided by the N of the word Yamin.

Reverse:
Persian legend. Within a linerar circle the Mint name with epithet, the date and the regnal year (In a mixed order: Zarb 5 Ashrafu-l-bilad Ahmad Shahi = Struck at Ahmadshahi, the Most Noble of the Cities, (in the regnal year) 5). The date (1212) is above the bottom line at right.

Literature:
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1701-1800 – Krause Publications, 3rd Edition, Usa, 2002.
Plant R. J. – Arab Coins and how to read them – Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1973, 1980 (revised), reprinted 2000.
Whitehead R. B. – Catalogue of Coins in the Lahore Museum, Lahore / The Durrani Dynasty – Vol. III, Oxford, 1934 (1977).