368, Lot: 700. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRAN, Pahlavis. Muhammad Reza Shah. AH 1360-1398 / AD 1941-1979. AV Medal (28mm, 14.89 g, 12h). Commemorating the Support of the Shah and Shahbanu in the Promotion of Rural Handicrafts and the Development of Agriculture. Rome mint; dies by S. Giandomenico. Struck 1972. Head of Farah Diba Pahlavi, Shahbanu (Empress) of Iran, facing slightly right, wearing grain-ear accoutrements / Persian rug rose motif. See Künker 230, lot 7111 (for another example). EF, original matte and bright surfaces, small area of toning on reverse.