Triton XIX, Lot: 2322. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA, Ethiopian Empire. Zewditu I. Empress, 1916-1930. Pattern AV 1/8 Birr (20mm, 5.47 g, 12h). Addis Ababa mint. Dated EE 1917 (AD 1925). Crowned and veiled bust left / Crowned Lion of Judah left, head facing, holding banner over shoulder; effaced legend below. Gill Y-21; KM –; Friedberg 26. Near EF, slightly bent flan.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Mortimer Hammel Collection (Stack’s, 15 September 1982), lot 926.