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Electronic Auction 355  15 July 2015
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Lot 793

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 200 USD
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Abu'l-Muzaffar Isma'il I. AH 907-930 / AD 1501-1524. AR Larin (60mm, 4.89 g, 6h). Shiraz mint. Uncertain date, possibly AH 911 (AD 1505/6). Farahbakhsh –; SICA 9, –; Album 2588. VF. Rare.

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