Triton XIX, Lot: 2701. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Thánh Tổ (Minh Mạng). 1820-1841. AV Tìên (20mm, 3.90 g, 12h). ‘Seven Regulators’ type. Ming Mang Bao Thong in Han-nom characters around central radiant sun / Sun, moon, and five planets among clouds; lightly stippled character at center. Schroeder 209.1; BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême V99-100; KM 212; Friedberg 5. Near EF, lightly toned.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, March 1991.