CNG 100, Lot: 741. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN, Qajars. Ahmad Shah. AH 1327-1344 / AD 1909-1925. AV Piedfort Fifth Toman (14mm, 1.65 g, 12h). Tehran mint. Dated AH 1339 (AD 1920/1). Cf. Rabino di Borgomale pl. 27, 691; cf. KM 1070; cf. Friedberg 86 (all refs. for regular weight issue). Superb EF, a few light hairlines. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, July 1982.