Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1926. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN. Safavid Dynasty. Safi II Sulayman I. 1666-1694. AR 20 Shahi (36.63 g, 12h). Isfahan mint. Dated AH 1096 (1684/5 AD). Poetical couplet in four lines; mint and date below / Kalima, with the names of the twelve Shiite imams around. SICA 9, 176B; Album 2657; KM 228. VF, toned. Rare in this condition, with no mounting marks or holes. ($1500)