Iran

CNG 100, Lot: 733. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN, Qajars. Mohammad Hasan Khan Qajar. AV Quarter Mohur (19mm, 2.72 g, 9h). Type A. Isfahan mint. Dated AH 1169 (AD 1755/6). Cf. Farahbakhsh 339 (ashrafi); cf. Rabino di Borgomale pl. 20, 5048 (for type); Album 2826; KM 505.1; Friedberg 23. VF, toned, deposits in devices, double strike on obverse. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 May 1984), lot 383 (purchased from Howland Wood, 12 December 1922); Starrossalsky Collection.