CNG 91, Lot: 1209. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA, Empire. Menelik II. 1889-1913. AR Half Birr - Alad (31mm, 13.97 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: cornucopia/torch. Immobilized date EE 1889 (Struck AD 1897-1925). Crowned and draped bust right; Ethiopian Era date at base of bust / Crowned lion standing left, head facing, cradling cross-tipped standard in paw; in exergue, LAGRANGE above mintmark flanked by différents. Gill, p. 104; KM 4. EF, attractively toned.