Triton XIX, Lot: 2770. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA, Ethiopian Empire. Haile Selassie. First reign, 1930-1936. AV Medal (40mm, 36.10 g, 12h). Coronation. Addis Ababa mint. Dated 23 Tekemt EE 1923 (2 November AD 1930). “The First Haile Selassie” in Amharic, crowned and mantled bust left; below, “Tekemt 23, 1923” / “Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands to God (Psalm 68:32)” in Amharic, monogram and star of the trinity within trilobe; two stars above, garland below. Gill S9. EF, lustrous, hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Sotheby’s (4 December 1986), lot 328.