Triton XIX, Lot: 2730. Estimate $5000.
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VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Dực Tông (Tự Đức). 1847-1883. AV 2½ Tìên (38mm, 9.93 g, 12h). ‘Meeting of the Dragon and the Clouds’ type.
Tu Duc Thong Bao in Han-nom characters around central flaming pearl / Flying dragon coiled leftward;
Long Van Khe Hoi (Meeting of the Dragon and the Clouds). Schroeder 375; BN,
Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême V282-3; KM 525; Friedberg 49. Near EF, lightly toned. Overstruck on an earlier issue of Tự Đức.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Pacific Coast Auctions (22 September 1983), lot 373.
