Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Tahmasp I. AH 930-984 / AD 1524-1576. AV Quarter Mithqal (13mm, 1.14 g, 6h). Fourth gold standard. Shamakhi mint. Dated AH 960 (AD 1552/3). Cf. Album O2593 (for type); ICV –; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. VF, areas of weak strike.

From the David Nelson Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 1122.