CNG 100, Lot: 554. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AFGHANISTAN, Barakzais. temp. Muhammad Yusuf Khan. AH 1267-1272 / AD 1851-1856. AV Tilla (21mm, 3.07 g, 9h). Dar al-Sultanat (Herat) mint. Dated AH 1272 (AD 1855/6). SICA 9, –; Album 3155; KM 409; Friedberg 17a. VF, toned, weakly struck at periphery. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, March 1998.