KM Plate Coin

Triton XIX, Lot: 2703. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Thánh Tổ (Minh Mạng). 1820-1841. AV 1½ Tìên (22mm, 5.74 g, 4h). ‘Eight Treasures’ type. Ming Mang in Han-nom characters / Eight precious symbols. Schroeder 213; cf. BN, Vietnamiennes Supp. 407; Thierry, Extrême –; KM 217 (this coin illustrated); Friedberg 7. Choice EF, toned.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Hess-Divo 290 (25 October 2001), lot 11.