Triton XIX, Lot: 2325. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA, Ethiopian Empire. Zewditu I. Empress, 1916-1930. Pattern AV ½ Birr – 4 Werk (21mm, 18.33 g, 1h). Addis Ababa mint. Dated EE 1917 (AD 1925). Crowned and veiled bust left / Crowned Lion of Judah left, head facing, holding banner over shoulder; effaced legend below. Gill Y-22; KM –; Friedberg 24. Near EF, light marks, rim bruise.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 26 (22 January 1991), lot 2253.