Triton XIX, Lot: 2219. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed V Rashad. AH 1327-1336 / AD 1909-1918. AV 100 Kurush – Liralık (22mm, 7.19 g, 12h). Mint visit issue. Manastir (Bitola) mint. Dually dated AH 1327 and RY 3 (AD 1911). Tughra;
reshad in Arabic to right;
3 sanat (RY date) in Arabic below; all within laurel wreath with crossed quivers over ties; seven stars above /
zarb manastir fi 1327 az nasrah (
Struck Manastir [Bitola] in 1327 may his victory be glorious) in Arabic; all within laurel wreath; star above. Ölçer,
Mehmed 35 332; Sultan –; Pere 1014; KM 806; Friedberg 61c. Good VF, traces of underlying luster, circulation marks. Rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Scott E. Cordry, March 1986.
KM lists a mintage of 750 specimens.