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Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 - Adams Collection  6 January 2016
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Lot 2724

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 7000 USD
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VIETNAM (ANNAM), Nguyễn dynasty. Dực Tông (Tự Đức). 1847-1883. AV 4 Tìên (33mm, 14.89 g, 12h). 'Ten Virtues – Respect Towards Elders' type. Struck 1869. Tu Duc Thong Bao in Han-nom characters around central radiant sun; all within scalloped border / Tu Tien Viet De in Han-nom characters around central radiant sun; in quarters, dragon flying left; all within scalloped border. Schroeder 381B; BN, Vietnamiennes –; Thierry, Extrême 276; KM 535; Friedberg 57. EF, lustrous, removed from mount. Rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Purchased from Kurt Spanier, June 1992.

The Ten Virtues series of Tự Đức enumerates the various ideals required for a harmonious life and was based off of the traditional five relationships of Confucionism.
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