Triton XIX, Lot: 2323. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA, Ethiopian Empire. Zewditu I. Empress, 1916-1930. Pattern AV ¼ Birr – 2 Werk (25.5mm, 8.82 g, 12h). Addis Ababa mint. Dated EE 1917 (AD 1925). Crowned and veiled bust left / Crowned Lion of Judah left, head facing, holding banner over shoulder; effaced legend below. Gill Y-A21; KM –; Friedberg 25. EF, lustrous, rim nick.

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