360, Lot: 572. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN, Pahlavis. Muhammad Reza Shah. AH 1360-1398 / AD 1941-1979. AV Medal (36mm, 34.69 g, 12h). Coronation of Farah Diba Pahlavi as Shahbanu (Empress) of Iran. Tehran mint. Dated SH 1346 (AD 1967). Conjoined crowned busts of the Shah and Shahbanu left / Pahlavi Crown. See Heritage 3035 (3 September 2014), lot 31035 (for a similar example). UNC, numerous light marks, traces of underlying luster. A popular type among all the gold medals issued to commemorate the coronation.