CNG 100, Lot: 642. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA, Ethiopian Empire. Menelik II. 1889-1913. Pattern AV Gersh (16mm, 1.40 g, 12h). Addis Ababa mint. Dated EE 1889 (1897). Bust right / Lion of Judah. Gill M18; KM Pn1. Choice EF, struck with clashed dies. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, March 1991.