Triton XXI, Lot: 1122. Estimate $5000. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Colonial. Nederlands-Oost-Indië (Netherlands East Indies). British Administration. 1811-1816. AV Half Rupee (20mm, 7.14 g, 12h). Batavia (Jakarta) mint. Dually dated AH 1229 (sic) and AD 1814 Z. Legend in three lines in Javanese; date above, Z below / Legend in blundered Arabic. Scholten 589; KM 248; Friedberg 15. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64. Rare.

From the H.W. Collection. Ex Sotheby’s (11 March 1981), lot 276.