VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Hiến Tổ (Thiệu Trị). 1841-1847. AV Tìên (26mm, 3.96 g, 12h). Thiu Tri Thong Bao in Han-nom characters / Clouds over foamy sea; Nhat Nguyen in Han-nom characters flanking central hole. Cf. Schroeder 250 (for silver issue); BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême –; KM 515; Friedberg 28. Choice EF, lustrous.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. purchased from M. Louis Teller, December 1981. Ex Spink 17 (16 September 1981), lot 8.