Triton XIX, Lot: 2719. Estimate $1250. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Dực Tông (Tự Đức). 1847-1883. AV Tìên (22mm, 3.54 g, 12h). Tu Duc Thong Bao in Han-nom characters around central hole / Như ý scepters flanking central hole; swastikas above and below. Cf. Schroeder 361 (for type in silver, but with regular swastikas); BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême –; KM –; Friedberg –. Near EF. Extremely rare in gold.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Money Company Hong Kong (7 September 1984), lot 14.