Lot 2003

Description

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 small letters with end stop, large buckled garter below, rev. deity Vishnu standing surrounded by dotted circles, ribbon ending in star, in native text 'half a flower (or star) pagoda', with two dots between legs of Vishnu, (Pr. 171, KM. 354). Nearly extremely fine and scarce.

Ex. J. O'Conner, Sydney, January 1980.