427, Lot: 556. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN, Pahlavis. Muhammad Reza Shah. AH 1360-1398 / AD 1941-1979. Proof Octagonal AV Medal (20.5mm, 4.95 g, 12h). Golden Jubilee of the National Bank of Iran. Dated MS 2535 (AD 1976/7). Conjoined heads of Reza Shah and Muhammad Reza Shah left / National Bank of Iran building; seal of bank above. See St. James’s 34, lots 433-9 (for other examples). Proof, a few faint fingerprints. Wonderful cameo contrast between frosty devices and deeply lustrous fields.