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Triton XIX, Lot: 2220. Estimate $500.
Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed V Rashad. AH 1327-1336 / AD 1909-1918. AV 100 Kurush – Liralık (22mm, 7.23 g, 12h). Mint visit issue. Salanik (Thessalonica) 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 salanik fi 1327 az nasrah (Struck Salanik [Thessalonica] in 1327 may his victory be glorious) in Arabic; all within laurel wreath; star above. Ölçer, Mehmed 35 342; Sultan –; Pere 1017; KM 812; Friedberg 61d. Good VF, traces of underlying luster, circulation marks. Rare, KM lists a mintage of 750 specimens.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Scott E. Cordry, March 1986.