361, Lot: 625. Estimate $600. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA, Ethiopian Empire. Haile Selassie. First reign, 1930-1936. AV Medal (25mm, 7.54 g, 12h). Coronation. Addis Abbaba mint. Dated EE 1923 (1930). Crowned bust facing slightly left / Throne of Solomon flanked by two angels, that on the left holding sword and scales, that on the right a sword and sprig; Ark of Covenant and Bible above, Lion of Judah before; all within canopy topped with crown and sprigs. Gill S14. Superb EF, prooflike surfaces.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Money Company Hong Kong (4 September 1987), lot 495.