Triton XIX, Lot: 2473. Estimate $10000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. British India. Victoria. Queen of the United Kingdom, 1837-1901; Empress of India, 1876-1901. Proof AV ‘Half Rupee’ (25mm, 10.20 g, 12h). Calcutta mint. Dated 1862. VICTORIA QUEEN, crowned bust left / HALF/RUPEE/–/INDIA/1862 in five lines; all within ornate floral border. UIC 4.121; Pridmore, 257 and p. 193, note †; Friedberg –. Proof, mirror fields, minor marks and hairlines in fields of obverse. An attractive original pff-metal strike in gold.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.