Triton XXII, Lot: 1282. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN, Qajars. Muzzafar al-Din Shah. AH 1313-1324 / AD 1896-1907. AV 5 Tomans Medal (38mm, 13.92 g, 12h). Medal of Valor. Dated AH 1317 (AD 1899/1900). Lion standing left on ornate entablature, head facing, holding scimitar in right forepaw; behind, anthropomorphized rising sun; all within laurel-and-oak wreath / al-sultan muzafar al-din shah qajar in Persian in three lines; below, line flanked by stars and sanat 1317 in Persian; around, Persian legend citing bravery. Rabino (1) and pl. 46, 68; KM X# MV29. EF, light hairlines. Rare.