Triton XIX, Lot: 2710. Estimate $2000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Hiến Tổ (Thiệu Trị). 1841-1847. AV Tìên (25mm, 3.86 g, 12h). ‘Gourd’ type. Thiu Tri in Han-nom characters / Filleted hổ lô (calabash gourd). Schroeder 292; BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême V292; KM –; Friedberg 24. Choice EF, lustrous.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Hess-Divo 290 (25 October 2001), lot 15; Stack’s (29 November 1990), lot 965.