Auction Catalogue

25 November 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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British and World Coins. Tokens and Historical Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

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Lot

№ 393

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25 November 1998

Hammer Price:
£600

Haile Selassie, a piefort Maria Theresa Thaler restrike in gold, 1780, bust of Maria right, reverse crowned double eagle, edge plain, 73.26gm (Gill p.19; Haffner 76). Brilliant mint state, very rare (£700-900)

One of a very limited number struck by the Austrian government to the order of Haile Selassie in 1926