Safawid Shahs, Sulayman I 1079-1105 AH 1668-1694 AD), gold 30-Shahi, 56.37g, Isfahan 1096, field, The Shi'a kalima, in margin the names of the Twelve Imams, rev. the distich, "For the sake of winning grace of him who men and genii leads, the age's Solomon struck golden money for the people's needs" (BMC p. 32: 57 for the corresponding donative in silver), good very fine, extremely rare

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Safawid Shahs, Sulayman I 1079-1105 AH 1668-1694 AD), gold 30-Shahi, 56.37g, Isfahan 1096, field, The Shi'a kalima, in margin the names of the Twelve Imams, rev. the distich, "For the sake of winning grace of him who men and genii leads, the age's Solomon struck golden money for the people's needs" (BMC p. 32: 57 for the corresponding donative in silver), good very fine, extremely rare

Lot Essay

This magnificent piece was obviously not a coin intended for circulation, but rather for presentation at a great court function. There was no exact denomination but it appears to have been struck at approximately 30-Shahi weight of gold