Ex Garrett Collection

Triton XIX, Lot: 2584. Estimate $2500. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Colonial. Nederlands-Oost-Indië (Netherlands East Indies). Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company). 1603-1800. AV Java Rupee (24mm, 15.56 g, 12h). Batavia (Jakarta) mint. Dated 1797. Legend in Arabic in two lines; date below, rooster above / Legend in Arabic in three lines. Scholten 443; KM –; Friedberg 11. EF, lightly toned. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 May 1984), lot 271 (purchased from Schulman, 24 June 1922, for $106.60).