Triton XIX, Lot: 2721. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Dực Tông (Tự Đức). 1847-1883. AV 4 Tìên (41mm, 15.13 g, 12h). ‘Su Dan Phu Tho’ type. Tu Duc Thong Bao in Han-nom characters around central hole / Su Dan Phu Tho (Grant the people prosperity and long life) in Han-nom characters around central hole. Schroeder 406; BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême – (but cf. V268-9 for smaller denominations); KM 532; Friedberg 35. Near EF, lightly toned, scratch on obverse.

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