Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Safi II (Sulayman I). AH 1077-1105 / AD 1666-1694. AV 20 Ashrafi (48mm, 54.78 g, 3h). Type D. Isfahan mint. Dated AH 1096 (AD 1684/5). Shahada and 'ali walī Allah ('Ali [is] the authority of Allah) in five lines; all within linear circular border; in outer margin, the names of the twelve Shi'ite imams / zarb Isfahan 1096 soleyman-e jahan sekke-ye khayarat bar zar zad bahr-e tahsil-e reza-ye moqtadaye ons o jan (struck Isfahan 1096 Sulayman of the world struck the coin of benevolence in gold to obtain the acquiescence of the one followed in body and soul) in Persian. Farahbakhsh –; Rabino di Borgomale pl. 38, 13 and 39, 15 (for type); SICA 9, –; Album M2657; KM 230.1; Friedberg –. VF, slightly wavy flan, scratches along the edge, evidence of prior mounting. Extremely rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Pars Coins, December 1999.