Triton XIX, Lot: 2440. Estimate $2500. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Travancore. Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma (Rama Varma IV). ME 1035-1055 / AD 1860-1880. AV Double Pagoda (21mm, 5.07 g, 12h). Dated 1877. Śri Padmanabha Shanku (conch) within wreath / TRAVANCORE above, same, but in Malayalam, below, R. V., 1877 above and corresponding date in Malayalam below, in three lines; all within wreath; legends divided by diamond-shaped stops. KM 27; Friedberg 1401. EF, traces of underlying luster, field marks, a couple of small edge defects. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Ponterio & Associates 11 (1 September 1983), lot 104.