Watch List notes:

IRAN, Pahlavis. Reza Shah. AH 1344-1360 / AD 1925-1941. AV 5 Pahlavi (24mm, 9.61 g, 6h). Tehran mint. Dated SH 1308 (AD 1929). Bust, wearing full military attire with plumed cap, slightly right, set on wreath of laurel and oak; pahlavi shahanshah airan (Pahlavi Shahanshah [of] Iran) in Persian above; jalus azar 1304 (accession Azar [December] 1304) in Persian across field; date below; all within pelleted border / panj pahlavi (five pahlavi) in Persian; numeral 5 above; all within laurel and oak wreath; Pahlavi Crown above. Rabino di Borgomale pl. 27, 697; KM 1116; Friedberg 92. Near EF, traces of underlying luster, some light hairlines.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, November 1981.