ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Zands. Muhammad Karim Khan, AH 1164-1193 / AD 1751-1779. 1/4 Mohur (Gold, 17 mm, 2.70 g, 6 h), type C, Khoy, AH 1192 = AD 1778/9. 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 central circle, ‘zarb-e Khoy 1192’ (‘Struck in Khoy, 1192’ in Persian); above, ‘yā Karīm’ (‘O Generous One’ in Arabic). Album 2791. About extremely fine.