CNG 99, Lot: 991. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA, Mängəstä Ityop'p'ya (Ethiopian Empire). Menelik II. 1889-1913. AV Half Wark (20mm, 3.47 g, 11h). Addis Ababa mint. Dated EE 1889 (AD 1897). Crowned bust right atop wreath; date below / Crowned lion standing left, head facing, cradling cross-tipped standard in paw. Gill p. 111; Friedberg 21; KM 17. EF, lustrous.

From the Joan Wilde Collection.