CNG 100, Lot: 519. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Salim II. AH 974-982 / AD 1566-1574. AV Sultanȋ – Altın (20mm, 3.40 g, 3h). Saqiz (Chios) mint. Dated AH 974 (29 September 1566-7 July 1567). Cf. Damali 11-SZ-A1a (for type); Sultan –; Pere 241 (same dies); Album 1324. VF, traces of deposits, areas of peripheral weak strike. Very rare mint.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Coin Galleries (7 August 1985), lot 508.