ISLAMIC COINS, SAFAVID, Isma’il I (907-930h), Broad Silver Shahi, Balkh, no date, 9.43g (A 2576). Fine and rare. First silver standard, (SNAT XIVc:904). This coin must have been struck sometime between 917h (when Balkh came under Safavid control) and 924h (when the new weight standard was introduced). £40-60
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