Zanzibar

CNG 100, Lot: 1042. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ZANZIBAR, Sultanate of Zanzibar. Barghash bin Said. AH 1287-1305 / AD 1870-1888. AV 5 Ryals (22mm, 7.88 g, 3h). Brussels mint. Dated AH 1299 (AD 1881/2). KM 5; Friedberg 2. VF, ex jewelry, repaired.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Ponterio 77 (7 October 1995), lot 406.