Triton XIX, Lot: 2757. Estimate $750. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AFGHANISTAN, Kingdom. Habib Allah. AH 1319-1337 / AD 1901-1919. AV Medal (33mm, 22.82 g, 12h). For Meritorious Service to Afghanistan. Dated AH 1323 (AD 1905). National emblem; afghaniya (for Afghanistan) in Arabic belowkhadmat (in honorable service) in Arabic engraved above; all within radiate border / wa al-din 1323 seraj al-malat ’alihazrat az hazur (From his royal majesty the light of the faith and the nation 1323) in Arabic. Edge: plain. EF, with original ribbon in national colors.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Hakim Hamidi (Persic Gallery), July 1986.