Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1524. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAICA. 19th century. Æ Gilt Medallion (19.25 g, 12h). Paris mint. Dated Jewish Year (5)587 (AD 1827). Half-length bust of Aaron facing slightly left, wearing triple-diademed and filleted tiara inscribed “Yehud” in Hebrew, and choshen (jeweled breastplate); “Aaron, High Priest” in Hebrew around / Ark of the Covenant; “HQPN” (date) in Hebrew in exergue, Leviticus 9:22 in Hebrew around. E.A. Smith, “The Aaron medal” in The Shekel 24.3 (May-June 1991), pp. 9-13. Superb EF. Engraver’s name removed from reverse.