ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Zands. Muhammad Karim Khan, AH 1164-1193 / AD 1751-1779. 1/4 Mohur (Gold, 22 mm, 2.70 g, 6 h), type C, Kashan, AH 1191 = 1777/8. The Zand couplet, ‘shod āftāb-o māh zar-o sim dar jahān, az sekke-ye emām-e be haq sāhebozzamān’ (‘The sun and moon became gold and silver in the world / From the coin of the rightful Imam, the Age’s Lord’ in Persian). Rev. Within a dotted circle, ‘zarb-e dār al-muʾminīn Kāshān’ (‘Struck in the Abode of the Believers Kashan’ in Persian); below, ‘sana 1191’ (‘year 1191’ in Arabic). Album 2791. In NGC encapsulation, graded MS 61. This is the highest graded example. Extremely fine.