Triton XIX, Lot: 2471. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. British India. William IV. King of the United Kingdom, 1830-1837. Restrike Proof AV Quarter Anna (25.4mm, 11.84 g, 12h). East India Company Issue. Calcutta mint. Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Governor-General of India. Dated 1835. Coat-of-arms of the East India Company with lion supporters; 1835 (date) above banner / EAST INDIA COMPANY, ONE/QUARTER/ANNA in three lines within laurel wreath; yek pāī (one pice) in Persian above. UCI 1.92; cf. Pridmore 148A; Friedberg –. Proof, some light toning in devices. A superb off-metal strike in gold.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex David Fore Collection (Baldwin’s 78, 7 May 2013), lot 172.