British East India Company
Lot 2000 British East India Company
Estimate $400
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SOLD $650
MADRAS PRESIDENCY, European Style Coinages, Second Issue, 1808, silver half pagoda, obv. Gopuram of a temple with 9 stars each side, around in English HALF PAGODA, in large letters, small buckled garter below, small dot to r. and centre of A, rev. deity Vishnu standing surrounded by dotted circles, ribbon ending in star, in native text 'half a flower (or star) pagoda', (Pr. 169, KM. 353). Good very fine and scarce.
Ex Spink Australia Sale 11 (lot 1217) and Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 48 (lot 2002).
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