259, Lot: 491. Estimate $75. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Abdülmecid I. AH 1255-1277 / AD 1839-1861. AR 5 Kuruş (23mm, 6.06 g, 12h). Kostantaniye (Constantinople) mint. Dated RY 19 (AD 1857). Tughra; flower to right, RY date below / Proclamation, mint formula, and AH date in four lines. Ölçer, Abdülmecid 31.173; KM 673. UNC, lustrous, a few light stains on the obverse.