ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Safi I (Sam Mirza), AH 1038-1052 / AD 1629-1642. Abbasi (Silver, 22 mm, 7.59 g, 1 h), type A, Iravan (Yerevan in Armenia), AH 1038 = AD 1629. Within a circle, Shiʿa kalima, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh Muḥammad rasūl Allāh ʿAlī walī Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a circle, ‘bande-ye shāh-e velāyat Safi / zarb-e Iravān 1038’ (‘Safi, the servant of the king of guardianship [i.e., ʿAli]. Struck in Iravan, 1038’ in Persian). Album 2638.1. Rare. Some areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.