The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, silver Half-Pagoda, second issue, type J/VIII, nine-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 9 stars either side, surrounded by ribbon inscribed half · pagoda ·, nim hun phuli [Half a star pagoda], large letters, buckle unshaded, top of Gopuram points between g and o of pagoda, rev. Vishnu holding sword, rising from a lotus flower, surrounded by three concentric circles of pellets, two pellets below Vishnu’s feet, flanked by 16 pellets on left and 14 pellets on right, legend in Tamil and Telugu, arai pu vara kun · ara pu vara hun [Half a star pagoda], 21.07g/12h (Prid. 172 [Sale, lot 375]; Stevens 3.124; Dav. 247; KM. 353). Traces of Spanish-American 8 Réales undertype visible, planchet marks, otherwise about very fine [certified and graded NGC XF 45] £240-£300

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

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Taisei/Baldwin/Gillio Auction 24 (Singapore), 27 February 1997, lot 690.

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