KM Plate Coin

Triton XIX, Lot: 2702. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Thánh Tổ (Minh Mạng). 1820-1841. AV 1½ Tìên (22mm, 5.73 g, 12h). ‘Five Treasures’ type. Ming Mang in Han-nom characters / Five precious symbols. Schroeder 211; cf. BN, Vietnamiennes Supp. 407; Thierry, Extrême V92-3 ; KM 215 (this coin illustrated); Friedberg 7. Near EF, toned, faint marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Hess-Divo 290 (25 October 2001), lot 10.