Indian Coins
Lot 4196 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thurs 29 July) Indian Coins
Estimate $450
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SOLD $540
MADRAS PRESIDENCY, Indian Style Coinage, Hindu System, gold pagoda, c.1740-1807, struck at Fort St. George (Madras) mint, (3.43 grams), obv. three standing half figure deities, (representing Vishnu as Venkatesvara and his two wives, Sridevi and Bhudevi), rev. granulated, (Pr.3B, KM.304). Uncirculated and rare.
Ex Colonial Coins Auction Sale No.7, February 11, 2006 (lot 317). The issues commenced about 1691 with three full facing figures but in 1740 the style changed to three half figures, similar in style to the star pagoda. The Pridmore specimen (lot 349) in extremely fine realised Å“130.
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