409, Lot: 886. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Tahmasp I. AH 930-984 / AD 1524-1576. AR Shahi (26mm, 5.46 g, 10h). Herat mint. AH date off flan, but possibly AH 940 or 941. Cf. Farahbakhsh 3 (listed as 2 Shahis; Album 2606. VF, toned, areas of flat strike.

From the Norman Frank Collection.