Numismatic Literature
Lot 5466 Session 17 (11.30am Friday) Numismatic Literature
Estimate $140
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $150
PORTUGUESE INDIA, as used in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), circulated under Portuguese rule, silver two tangas 1653, Chhaul e Bacaim mint, (3.98 grams), obv. crowned arms, [C] - B, rev. standing figure of St. John, S - I across, to right below 53, (KM.3 [p.1020], M.-, Gomes 19.01). Some surface roughness, minor hoard patination, slightly off centred, otherwise fine and rare.
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