Triton XIX, Lot: 2442. Estimate $5000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Travancore. Visakham Thirunal Rama Varma (Rama Varma V). ME 1057-1062 / AD 1880-1885. AV Sovereign (23mm, 7.73 g, 12h). Dated 1881. SRI RAMA VARMA MAHARAJA OF TRAVANCORE, bust slightly right, wearing royal headdress with ornaments; • 1881 • below / Coat-of-arms: Śri Padmanabha Shanku above ornate throne and framed by pair of elephants standing with trunks raised on banner; below, crossed scepters and date in Malyalam; translation of obverse legend in Malayalam around. KM 32; Friedberg 1403. Superb EF, light finger print marks on obverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 30 (15 September 1992), lot 2893.