365, Lot: 458. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN, Qajars. Nasir al-Din Shah. AH 1264-1313 / AD 1848-1896. AV Fifth Toman (17mm, 0.69 g, 9h). Tughra type. Mashhad mint. Dated AH 1286 (AD 1869/70). Cf. Rabino di Borgomale pl. 24, 629 (for type); C&M –; cf. Album 2925B (toman); KM –; Friedberg –. EF, trace of deposit on obverse, areas of weak strike at periphery. Extremely rare denomination of this type.