CNG 100, Lot: 536. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mahmud II. AH 1223-1255 / AD 1808-1839. AV Sultanȋ (25mm, 3.19 g, 11h). al-Jaza’ir (Algiers) mint. Dated AH 1241 (1825/6). Sultan –; Pere 739 var. (date is 1238); KM 66. EF, toned. Rare with no hole for suspension.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, January 1988.