Triton XIX, Lot: 2214. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $5750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Ahmad III. AH 1115-1143 / AD 1703-1730. AV Beşlik Altın (43mm, 16.66 g, 12h). Qustantiniya (Constantinople) mint. Dated AH 1115 (AD 1703).
sultan al-barain wa khaqan al-bahrain al-sultan ibn al-sultan (
Sultan of the two lands and Khaqan of the two seas, the Sultan, son of the Sultan) in Arabic on ornate field within four linear lozenges; flowers framing end of two largest; all within circular linear and dentiled border;
ba below
nun of final
al-sultan / Large tughra on ornate field; below,
zarb qustantiniya fi 1115 az nasrah (
Struck Qustantiniya [Constantinople] in 1327 may his victory be glorious) in Arabic; all within circular linear and dentiled border. Sultan –; Pere 504 var. (initial letter; example set in mount); KM 182 (initial letter not listed); Friedberg 5. VF, lightly toned, holed for suspension.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Coin Galleries (7 August 1985), lot 517.
