A MOHAMMAD REZA SHAH PAHLAVI CORONATION COMMEMORATIVE GOLD COIN PROPERTY FROM A LADY OF TITLE Iran, dated 1346 AH (1967) The gold coin struck with a double portrait of the king and queen in profile in coronation regalia on the front, the back with the Imperial crown in the centre above the words 'commemoration of the auspicious celebration of the coronation' and 'Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Ariamehr the emperor of Iran and her majesty Farah Pahlavi the empress of Iran' from the 2 o'clock to the 10 o'clock position near the outer rim, 35gr., 36mm. This limited edition coin is significant as the first, and only, to include a female head in the history of Iran. On the occasion of the coronation, Queen Farah Pahlavi was appointed Regent in the event of the Crown Prince inheriting the crown before reaching majority, another first in a Muslim country. To rule with a female consort as an equal is what the coin celebrates pointedly and powerfully. The present owner’s father was the dean of the diplomatic service in Iran in the 1960's. A court favourite, he received many lavish gifts on numerous audiences with the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The present items (lots 250 - 253) are part of that legacy.