ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Mohammad Khudabanda, AH 985-995 / AD 1578-1587. 1/2 Mithqal (Gold, 15 mm, 2.32 g, 5 h), type A, Harat (Herat), date effaced. Shiʿa kalima in the center, ‘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); marginal legends effaced. Rev. ‘[qolām-e] emām Muḥammad Mahdī [ʿalayh wa ābāʾihī al-salām] Abu’l-Muẓaffar soltān Muḥammad pādshāh zarb-e Harāt …’ (‘The servant of Imam Muhammad Mahdi, peace be upon him and his fathers, Abu’l-Muzaffar Sultan Muhammad, the King. Struck in Harat …’ in Arabic/Persian). Album 2617.1. Rare. In NGC encapsulation, graded XF 45. Struck somewhat off center and with some deposits, otherwise, very fine.