CNG 100, Lot: 639. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Republic. temp. Gamal Abdel Nasser. President, 1954-1970. AV 500 Pounds (37mm, 42.54 g, 12h). Commemorating the Fifth Anniversary of the Revolution. Dually dated AH 1377 and AD 1957 (in Eastern Arabic numerals). KM 388; Friedberg 41. Superb EF, lustrous, light handling marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, October 1983.