Triton XIX, Lot: 2731. Estimate $2000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Dực Tông (Tự Đức). 1847-1883. AV 2½ Tìên (33mm, 7.25 g, 12h). ‘Two Dragons’ type. Tu Duc Thong Bao in Han-nom characters around central hole / Two dragons flying upwards; flaming pearl above, cloud below. Schroeder 402B; BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême –; KM 523; Friedberg 31. Good VF, toned, scattered marks, obverse burnished. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, August 1983.