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Triton XIX, Lot: 2585. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Colonial. Nederlands-Oost-Indië (Netherlands East Indies). Bataafse Republiek (Batavian Republic). 1799-1806. AV ‘Half Rupee’ (25mm, 6.62 g, 12h). Batavia (Jakarta) mint. Dated 1802 Z. Legend in Arabic in two lines; date below / Legend in Arabic in three lines. Scholten 534 note; KM –; Friedberg –. Choice EF, lustrous. Off-metal strike in gold. Possibly a late 19th/early 20th century fantasy.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 May 1984), lot 273 (purchased from Wayte Raymond, 1 April 1924, for $35).