280, Lot: 441. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA, Solomonic Dynasty. Menelik II. 1889-1913. AR Ya Birr Rub (23mm, 6h). Paris mint; Jean LaGrange, engraver general. Dated EE 1887 (AD 1894). Bust right / Crowned lion advancing left, head facing, holding long cruciform staff with banner. KM 3. In PCGS encapsulation, graded AU55, toned.