257, Lot: 597. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed V Reşad. AH 1327-1336 / AD 1909-1918. AR 5 Kuruş (24mm, 6.02 g, 12h). ‘Mint visit’ issue for Selanik (Thessaloniki). Kostantaniye (Constantinople) mint. Dated RY 3 (AD 1911). Tughra; Reşad title to right, RY date below / Proclamation, mint formula, and AH date in four lines. Ölçer, Mehmed 35.345; KM 809. AU, lustrous. Rare.