Triton XIX, Lot: 2713. Estimate $3000. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Hiến Tổ (Thiệu Trị). 1841-1847. AV 2 Tìên (31mm, 7.39 g, 1h). ‘Two Principles’ type. Thiu Tri Thong Bao in Han-nom characters / Nhi Nghi in Han-nom characters; moon and sun in clouds flanking central hole. Schroeder 281; BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême V166-7; KM 333; Friedberg 15. Near EF, toned.

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