Triton XIX, Lot: 2457. Estimate $10000. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. Portuguese India. Filipe I o Prudente (the Prudent). King of Portugal, 1581-1598. AV São Tomé (18mm, 3.39 g, 6h). Goa mint. Struck circa 1595. Crowned Portuguese coat-of-arms; G and A flanking shield / São Tomé o Apóstolo standing left, pointing upward with right hand and holding carpenter’s square; S and T flanking. Gomes -; cf. Vaz, Indo-Portuguese, F1.01 (for type); Friedberg 1453; CNG 85, lot 1282 (same dies, but later die state). EF, slight double strike on reverse. Extremely rare, one of two currently known.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 1282.