ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Zands. Muhammad Karim Khan, AH 1164-1193 / AD 1751-1779. 1/4 Mohur (Gold, 21 mm, 2.70 g, 7 h), type C, Yazd, AH 1190 = AD 1776/7. 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 an ornate cartouche, ‘zarb-e dār al-ʿibād Yazd 1190’ (‘Struck in the Abode of the Worshippers Yazd, 1190’ in Persian); above, ‘yā Karīm’ (‘O Generous One’ in Arabic). Album 2791. In NGC encapsulation, graded AU 58. This is the highest graded example. Areas of weakness, otherwise, about extremely fine.