Triton XIX, Lot: 2441. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4000. 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 Pagoda (18mm, 2.55 g, 12h). Dated 1877. Sri 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 26; Friedberg 1402. EF, traces of underlying luster, small deposit on reverse, a couple of small edge defects. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, June 1979.