372, Lot: 637. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN, Pahlavis. Muhammad Reza Shah. AH 1360-1398 / AD 1941-1979. Proof AV Medal (19.98 g). Commemorating the 18th Birthday of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. Bank Melli mint. Dated MS 2536 (AD 1977/8). Conjoined heads of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and Muhammad Reza Shah, each in military attire, left / Legend; seal of bank above; date and and fineness below. See St. James’s 9, lot 846 (for another example). Proof, light fingerprints, some hairlines. Very rare.