Triton XIX, Lot: 2443. Estimate $3000. Sold for $12000. 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 Half Sovereign (20mm, 3.96 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 31; Friedberg 1404. EF, field marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, March 1979.