Indian Coins
Lot 4197 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thurs 29 July) Indian Coins
Estimate $500
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SOLD $430
MADRAS PRESIDENCY, Indian Style Coinage, Hindu System, gold star pagoda, c.1740-1807, struck at Madras mint, (3.39 grams), obv. crude half standing figure of a deity, rev. five pointed star within dotted borders, (Pr.9, KM.303). Extremely fine, scarce.
Ex Colonial Coins Auction Sale No.7, February 11, 2006 (lot 318). The design for this coinage was determined in 1740 and declared the standard pagoda of Madras 9th April 1741. Referred to in the Company's records as the 'Madras current or star pagoda'
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