CNG 105, Lot: 1188. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN, Qajars. Muzzafar al-Din Shah. AH 1313-1324 / AD 1896-1907. AR Medal (37mm, 24.98 g, 12h). Visit to the Belgian Royal Mint in Brussels, August 1900. By A. Michaux. Dated AH 1318 (AD 1900). Bust facing slightly right; al-sultan muzaffar al-din shah qajar khallad allah mulkahu wa shayyada allah saltanatahu (the Sultan Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar, may God make his kingdom everlasting and illuminate his reign) in Persian around / be-yadgar va meymanat-e tashrif-farma'i-ye bandegan a'la-hazrat-eaqdas-e homayun shahanshah-e koll-e mamalek-e mahruseh-ye iran be-dar al-zarb-e bruksel sana 1318 hijri (As a remembrance to the arrival of His Majesty, the most pure, Imperial King of Kings of the entire protected Kingdom of Iran to the Brussels Mint, year 1318 of the hijra) in six lines. Cf. Rabino di Borgomale pl. 46, 72; M. Moshiri, neshan-ha va medal-ha-ye iranazaghaz-e saltanat-e qajariyeh ta emruz (Tehran: SH 1354), p. 63. Near EF, toned. With original case of issue. Very rare.