383, Lot: 633. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Abu'l-Muzaffar Isma'il I. AH 907-930 / AD 1501-1524. AR Larin (61mm, 4.94 g, 6h). Shiraz mint. Uncertain date, possibly AH 911 (AD 1505/6). Farahbakhsh –; SICA 9, –; Album 2588. VF, toned. Rare.

Also known colloquially as “hairpin money,” larins were intended for the Indian Ocean trade, especially Sri Lanka (Ceylon).