Triton XIX, Lot: 2717. Estimate $5000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Hiến Tổ (Thiệu Trị). 1841-1847. AV 5 Tìên (43mm, 18.96 g, 12h). ‘Trieu Dan Lai Chi’ type. Thiu Tri Thong Bao, Trieu Dan Lai Chi in Han-nom characters around central radiant sun / Facing dragon in clouds coiled around central hole. Schroeder 280; BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême V1170-1 (same obv. die); KM –; Friedberg 13. EF, deposits on reverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, March 1980.