Triton XIX, Lot: 2707. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Hiến Tổ (Thiệu Trị). 1841-1847. AV Tìên (24mm, 4.02 g, 12h). ‘Sun’ type. Thiu Tri in Han-nom characters / Flaming sun. Schroeder 287.1; BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême –; KM 321; Friedberg 19. Choice EF, lustrous, scratches on obverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, July 1982.