Triton XIX, Lot: 2321. Estimate $7500. Sold for $32500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA, Ethiopian Empire. Menelik II. 1889-1913. Pattern AV Birr (45mm, 41.52 g, 11h). Addis Ababa mint. Dated EE 1889 (AD 1897). Crowned bust right / Crowned Lion of Judah left, head facing, holding banner over shoulder. Edge: plain. Gill M21; KM Pn5; Friedberg . Choice EF, light marks. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, February 1989.