Triton XIX, Lot: 2544. Estimate $7500. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KUWAIT, Emirate. Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. 1959-1965. AV 3 Dinars – Sovereign (22mm, 8.02 g, 12h). Pattern issue. London mint. Dated AH 1379 and AD 1960 (in Eastern Arabic numerals). hazrat sahib al-samu shiyakha ’abdallah al-salim al-sabah hakim al-dawla Kuwait (His highness, the exalted Sheikh ’Abdallah al-Salim al-Sabah ruler of the State of Kuwait), bust of Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, wearing bisht and gotra, with agal facing slightly left / Dhow under sail right; below, 1960 – 1379 in Eastern Arabic numerals. KM –; Friedberg –; Baron Family Collection (Christie’s New York, 8 December 1983), lot 158 (part of). AU, slight wear and handling marks. Extremely rare, one of possibly two known.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Ponterio 47 (8 March 1991), lot 1824; Spink Zürich 27 (1 June 1988), lot 233.