Triton XV, Lot: 1718. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMOROS ISLANDS, Sultanate of Ngazidja (Grand Comore). Said Ali bin Said Omar. AH 1303-1309 /AD 1886-1892. AR 5 Francs (37mm, 24.96 g, 3h). Paris mint. Dated AH 1308 (AD 1890/1). Flags of France and the Comoros crossed in saltire; star-in-crescent above, star to left and right; above and below, legend in Arabic in two lines; all within wreath / Miscellaneous weaponry; AH date below; legend in Arabic around. Davenport 9; KM 3. UNC, toned. Rare.

Ex Triton V (16 January 2002), lot 2329.