Triton XIX, Lot: 2587. Estimate $2000. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Colonial. Nederlands-Oost-Indië (Netherlands East Indies). British Administration. 1811-1816. AV Half Rupee (21.5mm, 7.94 g, 12h). Batavia (Jakarta) mint. Dually dated AH 1230 (sic) and AD 1816. Legend in three lines in Javanese; date above, Z below / Legend in blundered Arabic. Scholten 591d; KM 248a; Friedberg 15. Superb EF, lustrous, minor adjustment marks. Variety with erroneous AH date.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, 1984.