Rare Ottoman Issue for Georgia

CNG 100, Lot: 679. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GEORGIA, Ottoman Rule. Ahmad III. AH 1115-1143 / AD 1703-1730. AV Altın – Tek Eshrefi (18mm, 3.43 g, 10h). Tiflis mint. Dated AH 1115 (accession year). Struck after AH 1135 (AD 1723). Tamgha of Ottoman sultan Ahmad III / Mint formula and AH date. KM 9; Friedberg 10 (Turkey). VF, holed for suspension, small punch mark on obverse. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Coin Galleries (7 August 1985), lot 519.