Triton XIX, Lot: 2799. Estimate $300. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TURKEY, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed V Rashad. AH 1327-1336 / AD 1909-1918. AV Medal (24mm, 9.32 g, 12h). Constitution of 10 July 1906. Dually dated AH 1324 and 1326 (AD 1906 and 1908). Tughra; reshad in Arabic to right; below, qanun esasi/10 tamuz 1324 (Foundation of the Law/10 Tamuz 1324 [10 July 1906]) / hukumet meshrutah osmaniyah (Ottoman Constitutional Government) in Arabic; hurriyet (Liberty) in Arabic above; musavat (Equality) in Arabic to left; ’adalet (Justice) in Arabic to right; 24 jim 1326 (date) in Arabic below. Pere 1135. VF, original suspension loop still attached.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Sotheby’s (3 October 1986), lot 846 (part of).