CNG 100, Lot: 534. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. 'Abd al-Hamid I. AH 1187-1203 / AD 1774-1789. AV 1½ Fındık (31mm, 5.28 g, 12h). Islambul (Constantinople) mint. Dually dated AH 1187 and RY 1 (21 January-13 March 1774). Sultan –; Pere 653; KM 427. Superb EF, lustrous, a few light scuff marks. Very rare with no hole for suspension or evidence of prior mounting.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, August 1987.