Triton XIX, Lot: 2320. Estimate $5000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA, Ethiopian Empire. Menelik II. 1889-1913. Pattern AV Half Birr – 4 Werk (30mm, 14.81 g, 12h). Addis Ababa mint. Dated EE 1889 (AD 1897). Crowned bust right / Crowned Lion of Judah left, head facing, holding banner over shoulder. Edge: reeded. Gill M20; KM Pn4; Friedberg –. Choice EF, light marks. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, May 1985.