CNG 100, Lot: 2235. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAUDI ARABIA, Kingdom (Sa'ud). temp. 'Abd al-'Aziz. AH 1350/1-1373 / AD 1932-1952. AV Pound (22mm, 7.98 g, 12h). Philadelphia mint. Struck 1947. Eagle facing with wings spread, head left, clutching olive branch and bundle of arrows; coat-of-arms on breast / Weight and fineness in three lines. KM 35; Friedberg 191. EF. An excellent example of this popular type sought out by both Saudi and US collectors.

Struck at the Philadelphia mint to the standards of the English sovereign, these bullion pieces were used as payment for Arabian oil deliveries after World War II.