355, Lot: 793. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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).