Triton XIX, Lot: 2494. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN, Qajars. Ahmad Shah. AH 1327-1344 / AD 1909-1925. AV 2 Ashrafi (24mm, 5.72 g, 6h). Tehran mint. Dated AH 1337 (AD 1918/9). Bust facing slightly left, set on wreath of laurel and oak; date below; all within pelleted border / Lion and Sun on ground line; do ashrafi (two ashrafi) in Persian below; all within laurel and oak wreath; Kiani Crown above. Rabino di Borgomale pl. 27, 688; KM A1081; Friedberg 87a. Superb EF, traces of underlying luster, some hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Superior (24 February 2003), lot 854.