Triton XVIII, Lot: 1651. Estimate $200. Sold for $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MALAY ARCHIPELIGO, Colonial. Java. Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company). 1602-1800. AR Rupee (27mm, 12.28 g, 12h). Mint unnamed, but struck at Batavia (Jakarta). Dated 1766. ila djazirat/Djawa al-kabir (For the island/of Java the Great) in Malay-Arabic in two lines; above, cross composed of four wedges(mintmark); 1766 below / dirham min/Kompani/Welandawi (Dirham of/the Holland/Company) in Malay-Arabic in three lines. Edge: /////. Scholten 458e; cf. N&C 20b (for type). Good VF, toned.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.