Triton XIX, Lot: 2714. Estimate $5000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Hiến Tổ (Thiệu Trị). 1841-1847. AV 2½ Tìên (38mm, 9.66 g, 12h). ‘Meeting of the Dragon and the Clouds’ type. Thiu Tri Thong Bao in Han-nom characters around central flaming pearl / Flying dragon coiled leftward; Long Van Khe Hoi (Meeting of the Dragon and the Clouds). Cf. Schroeder 261b (for type in silver); BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême –; KM –; Friedberg –. Near EF, toned, scattered marks. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part I, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 May 1984), lot 218.