Triton XIX, Lot: 2446. Estimate $750. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Travancore. Tulabharam Issues. ME 1035-1055 / AD 1860-1880. AV Pagoda (18mm, 2.56 g, 12h). Struck circa 1870-1931. Śri Padmanabha Shanku (conch) within wreath / Śri/Padma/nabha in three lines in Malyalam; all within wreath. KM (X) 11 (KM M11); Friedberg 1415. EF, areas of light toning. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Mortimer Hammel Collection (Stack’s, 16 September 1982), lot 1010 (part of).