Ex Garrett Collection

Triton XIX, Lot: 2497. Estimate $5000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN, Qajars. Ahmad Shah. AH 1327-1344 / AD 1909-1925. AV 10 Tomans (38mm, 28.68 g, 12h). Tehran mint. Dated AH 1334 (AD 1915/6). Bust facing slightly left, set on wreath of laurel and oak; above, al-sultan ahmad shah qajar shahnshah airan (athe Sultan Ahmad Shah Qajar Shahnshah [of] Iran) in Persian; date below; all within pelleted border / 1334 al-sultan al-’azam wa’l-khaqan al-afkham al-sultan ahmad shah qajar (1334 the great Sultan and the dignified Khaqan, Sultan Ahmad Shah Qajar) in Persian and within linear circular border; all within wreath of laurel and oak. Rabino di Borgomale –; KM 1076; Friedberg –. Near EF, some hairlines, minor edge scratches on reverse at 6. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Michael Peykar, January 1989. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 May 1984), lot 419 (purchased from Max Schulman, 8 November 1927, for $185).