366, Lot: 4. Estimate $300. Sold for $1003. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. temp. Mehmed IV to Ahmad III. AH 1058-1143 / AD 1648-1730. AV Altın (22mm, 3.47 g, 12h). Countermarked issue of Venice.
sahih (
correct or
current) in Arabic in incuse of the obverse of a zecchino of Alvise Contarini (1676-1684). For coin: Paolucci 1; Friedberg 1338; for counterrmark: Wilski 13.1, 106. Good VF.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Bank Leu.