The Puddester Collection

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, silver Half-Pagoda, first issue, type F/VII, nine-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 14 stars either side, surrounded by ribbon inscribed half · pagoda ·, nim hun phuli [Half a star pagoda], Persian legend facing inwards, rev. Vishnu holding sword, rising from a lotus flower, surrounded by five concentric circles of pellets, flanked by 15 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], Tamil legend to right inwards, Telugu legend to left inwards, 21.29g/12h (Prid. 152 [Sale, lot 364]; Stevens 3.45; KM. 344; Dav. 246). Traces of the Spanish-American 8 Réales undertype visible, trifling surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and centrally struck with very strong detail, most attractive, very rare as such £3,000-£4,000

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

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Bt Format (Birmingham, UK) July 1980, ticket.

Owner’s ticket