Triton XIX, Lot: 2493. Estimate $7500.
Sold for $22500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IRAN, Qajars. Muzzafar al-Din Shah. AH 1313-1324 / AD 1896-1907. AV 10 Tomans (36mm, 28.34 g, 12h). Tehran mint. Dated
AH 1314 (AD 1896/7). Bust facing slightly left within pelleted border /
13 al-sultan 14 al-’azam wa’l-khaqan al-afkham muzzafar al-din shah qajar (
the great Sultan and the dignified Khaqan, Muzzafar al-Din Shah Qajar) in Persian;
dah toman (value) below
al-sultan; all within double linear circular border decorated with alternating floral design and double pellets; mint name at top. Rabino di Borgomale –; KM 998; Friedberg 68. EF, traces of underlying luster, planchet flaw behind head, some hairlines and an edge bruise.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Michael Peykar, January 1989.
