361, Lot: 183. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AFGHANISTAN, Kingdom. Muhammad Zahir. AH 1352-1393 / AD 1933-1973. Proof AV 4 Grams (22mm, 3.96 g, 6h). Dually dated SH 1339 and AH 1380 (AD 1960). Toughra / National emblem supported by eagles on cornucopias that frame a horse. KM 952 note; Friedberg 42a. Impaired Proof. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, November 1984.

Described as “mint sports” in KM, these 4 gram pieces were struck from 8 gram dies but on thinner, half-weight flans. The numeral “8” in the upper field of the reverse has been effaced post-striking.