ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Mohammad Khudabanda, AH 985-995 / AD 1578-1587. 1/2 Mithqal (Gold, 15 mm, 2.30 g, 8 h), type A, Yazd, AH (9)86 = AD 1578/9. 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); the names of the twelve shiʿa imams in four ornamental cartouches around, mostly effaced. Rev. ‘qolām-e emām Muḥammad Mahdī [ʿalayh wa ābāʾihī al-salām] Abu’l-Muẓaffar soltān Muḥammad pādshāh zarb-e Yazd [9]86’ (‘The servant of Imam Muhammad Mahdi, peace be upon him and his fathers, Abu’l-Muzaffar Sultan Muhammad, the King. Struck in Yazd, [9]86’ in Arabic/Persian). Album 2617.1. Rare. Struck somewhat off centered and with light doubling, otherwise, very fine.