Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1970. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA, Solomonic Dynasty. Menelik II. 1889-1913. AR Birr (28.07 g, 6h). Paris mint; Jean LaGrange, engraver general. Dated EE 1887 (AD 1894). Draped bust right, wearing Ethiopian crown / Crowned lion advancing left, head facing, holding long cruciform staff with banner. KM 5. Proof, lightly toned.