Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1855. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $3700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRAZIL, Colonial. Juan V, King of Portugal. 1706-1750. AV 20,000 Reis (53.53 g, 6h). Minas Gerais mint. Dated 1726. IOANNES • V • D • G • PORT • ET • ALG • REX, crowned coat-of-arms of Portugal; denomination and five rosettes at sides / IN HOC SIGNO VINCES (floret stops), cross potent; M in each quarter, date above. Leaved edge. Vaz J5.03; Gomes 38.03; KM 117; Friedberg 33. EF, reddish encrustation. ($3000)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.