Triton XIX, Lot: 2733. Estimate $10000. Sold for $55000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Dực Tông (Tự Đức). 1847-1883. AV 7 Tìên (53mm, 26.70 g, 12h). ‘Two Dragons’ type. Tu Duc Thong Bao in Han-nom characters around central hole / Two dragons flying upward; flaming pearl above, cloud below. Schroeder 402; BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême V291-3; KM 551; Friedberg 29. Choice EF, lustrous with hints of orange toning.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Spink 17 (16 September 1981), lot 5.