404, Lot: 646. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Isma'il II. AH 984-985 / AD 1576-1578. AR Larin (60mm, 4.94 g). Uncertain (Dar al-Marz Rasht?) mint. Dates AH [9]85 (AD 1577/8). Farahbakhsh –; SICA 9, –; Album A2615; ICV –; Album 27, 791. Good VF, areas of toning. Extremely rare.
Also known colloquially as “hairpin money,” larins were intended for the Indian Ocean trade, especially Sri Lanka (Ceylon).