Triton XIX, Lot: 2461. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. Portuguese India. José o Reformador (the Reformer). 1750-1777. AV 8 Xerafins (16mm, 3.27 g, 4h). Second issue. Goa mint. Dated 1768. Crowned Portuguese coat-of-arms / Voided cross crosslet; 8 X (value) across upper bar, 17 68 across lower bar. Gomes 64.02; Vaz Jo.22; Friedberg 1474. Good VF, die rust. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, October 1983.