Triton XIX, Lot: 2454. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. Portuguese India. Manoel I o Venturoso (the Fortunate). 1495-1521. AV Meio Manoel – Mea (17mm, 1.69 g, 5h). Goa mint. Large MEA; crown above; pellet below crown / Armillary sphere set on base. Gomes 20.04; Vaz E1.02; Friedberg 1450. EF. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 May 1984), lot 513 (purchased from Jacques Schulman, 11 July 1926 for $30).