East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1737, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. [a]vspic[io regis [et s]enatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 18.34g/3h (Prid. 103 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.103; KM. 166). Fair to fine and the date mostly clear, the last digit unmistakable for a 7, exceptionally rare, no specimens in the Snartt survey or on the Stevens website £200-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Puddester Collection.

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E. Wodak (Melbourne) Collection, ticket
C.E. Pitchfork Collection, Part III, Noble Numismatics Auction 48 (Melbourne), 11-13 July 1995, lot 2079 (part) [acquired c. 1970-1]
Bt A.P. de Clermont (London) July 1997.

Owner’s ticket