Triton XIX, Lot: 2728. Estimate $2500. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Dực Tông (Tự Đức). 1847-1883. AV Half Philong – 3 Tìên (29mm, 13.66 g, 12h). Tu Duc Thong Bao in Han-nom characters around central radiant sun / Dragon flying left among clouds, holding pearls in claws. Schroeder 412-3; BN, Vietnamiennes Supp. 510; Thierry, Extrême V246; KM 527; Friedberg 42. EF, lightly toned, lustrous, flan flaw on reverse.

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