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Triton XIX, Lot: 2489. Estimate $7500.
Sold for $22500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN, Qajars. Fath 'Ali Shah. As Shah, AH 1212-1250 / AD 1797-1834. Medallic AV 5 Tomans (39mm, 26.71 g, 11h). Type U. Isfahan mint. Dated AH 1227 (AD 1812/3). al-sultan ibn al-sultan fath'ali shah qajar (the Sultan, son of the Sultan, Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar) in Persian on floral field; all within double linear circular border; ornate border in outer margin / sanat zarb Isfahan dar al-Sultanat 1227 (year struck Isfahan abode of the Sultanate 1227) in Persian on floral field; all within double linear circular border; ornate border in outer margin. Cf. Farahbakhsh 409-1 (for type); Rabino di Borgomale pl. 42, 36 var. (date); Album T2683; KM 746.3; Friedberg 32. EF, traces of underlying luster, small test mark on edge, weak strike at periphery, hint of deposit on obverse in qaf.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Malter XLIV (29 May 1990), lot 645.