361, Lot: 152. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed V Rashad. AH 1327-1336 / AD 1909-1918. AV İkibuçukluk – 250 Kurush (28mm, 18.14 g, 12h). Ghazi type. Qustantiniya (Constantinople) mint. Dated AH 1327 and RY 4 (AD 1913). Ölçer, Mehmed 35 015; Sultan 4164; Pere 1021-2 var. (same); KM 756: Friedberg 56. Near EF, traces of underlying luster.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, June 1981.