Triton XIX, Lot: 2725. Estimate $7500. Sold for $37500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Dực Tông (Tự Đức). 1847-1883. AV 7 Tìên (40mm, 26.42 g, 12h). ‘Ten Virtues – Beneficence of the Superiors’ type. Struck 1869. Tu Duc Thong Bao in Han-nom characters around central radiant sun; all within scalloped border / That Tien Viet Hue in Han-nom characters around central radiant sun; in quarters, dragon flying left; all within scalloped border. Schroeder 383B; BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême –; KM 553; Friedberg 54. Choice EF, lustrous. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Purchased from M. Louis Teller, August 1982.