The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, silver Half-Pagoda, first issue, type H/IX, nine-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 13 stars either side, surrounded by ribbon inscribed half · pagoda ·, nim hun phuli [Half a star pagoda], Persian legend facing outwards, rev. Vishnu holding sword, rising from a lotus flower, surrounded by four concentric circles of pellets, flanked by 16 pellets on left and 11 pellets on right, legend in Tamil and Telugu, arai pu vara kun/ara pu vara hun [Half a star pagoda], Tamil legend to left inwards, Telugu legend to right outwards, 20.94g/12h (Prid. – [not in Sale]; Stevens 3.49, this coin illustrated; KM. 344; Dav. 246). Traces of the Spanish-American 8 Réales undertype visible and part of Tamil legend weak, otherwise very fine, rare [certified and graded NGC XF 40] £1,200-£1,500

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

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Taisei/Baldwin/Gillio Auction 29 (Hong Kong), 2 September 1999, lot 456.

Owner’s ticket.

Literature:
Illustrated in Paul Stevens, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist, p.397