SINCONA Auction 85

Description

Muhammad Ali Shah, 1324-1327 AH (1907-1909). Pattern 2 Ashrafi 1326 AH (1908/1909 AD), Tehran Mint. 5.72 g. Proof. Bust type. Struck in gold. KM - (cf. Pn36). Of the highest rarity, probably the only known specimen of this type in gold. NGC PF62.

From the Kian collection, auction SINCONA 49, October 2018, lot 184.
Bought from Mesrob Abgarians Collection, Glendale 1987.

Finest certified by NGC.

All patterns of Mohammad Ali's 2 Ashrafi are in bronze or gilt bronze. This is the only known example of this type in gold.

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