India, DAMAO, Joseph V (1706-1750), Eighth-Atia, 1750, crowned arms, reverse Cross of Christ, date in angles (KM 5). Fair, the third numeral of date a little unclear

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Indian Coins.

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Although based on the Fanam, Portuguese Indian coins are unique in that, unlike other early colonial coins they are uncompromisingly European in design, with usually the Portuguese arms or a portrait on the obverse, and the Christian cross or sometimes thestanding figure of saint on the reverse