Triton XIX, Lot: 2722. Estimate $1250. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Dực Tông (Tự Đức). 1847-1883. AV Tìên (24mm, 3.50 g, 12h). Tu Duc Thong Bao in Han-nom characters; around central hole / Two fish swimming downward to either side of central hole; Nhat Duc above and below. Cf. Schroeder 354 (for type in silver); BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême –; KM –; Friedberg –. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare in gold.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Christensen 84 (9 September 1983), lot 275.