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Auction 46  22 Jul 2021
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Lot 344

Estimate: 300 GBP
Price realized: 500 GBP
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World Medals, Iran, Ferdowsi [Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi], Persian poet, millenary celebration of his birth, bronze medal, SH.1313 (1934), struck in Paris, the poet std. on the wings of an eagle, rev. a scene from the Shahnameh, 89.5mm., in fitted box, some minor marks, nearly extremely fine and very rare
The Shahnameh (The Persian Book of Kings) is a massive work of about 50,000 rhyming couplets.
(300-400 GBP)
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