Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1316. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ZANZIBAR, Pemba Island. temp. Sa'id ibn Ahmad-Sa'id II ibn Sultan. Sultans of Muscat and Oman, 1783-1856. AR 20 Piastres (28.00 g, 12h). Double incuse countermark of clove inscribed “Pemba” in Arabic on 1780 Austrian Gunzburg mint restrike taler of Maria Theresa (Eypeltauer 193b). Davenport 488; Brunk, Fig. 51; KM -. Coin and countermark VF. Very rare.

Ex Album FPL 222 (March 2007), no. 52772.