European Colonial
Lot 2230 SESSION 8 (2.30pm Wednesday) European Colonial
Estimate $250
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SOLD $220
DUTCH INDIA, Negapatam mint, Indian Style Coinage, Hindu System, gold pagoda, late version, c. 1747-1781, struck at Negapatam mint under Dutch control, (3.42 grams), obv. single standing deity, (Vishnu), on either side bent flaps, five dots above on each side, U U on both sides, waves below, rev. convex and granulated, (Scholten 1229b [p.139, Plate XV]). Nearly extremely fine, rare.
Ex Glendining's London, July 16, 1976 (lot 79 part) and Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 48 (lot 2049). See previous lot, this is a similar piece with a different style of the single standing deity on the obverse. It was issued after 1747 with a lower fineness of 0.800 which has a similar fineness to the star pagoda of Madras and the pagoda of the Nawab. A further reduction took place in 1767 to a new fineness of 0.769.
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