Triton XIX, Lot: 2447. Estimate $500. 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 Half Pagoda (14mm, 1.27 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) 10 (KM M10); Friedberg 1416. EF. Very rare.

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