The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, silver Half-Pagoda, second issue, type E/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 to 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], 21.26g/12h (Prid. 169 [Sale, lot 371]; Stevens 3.108; Dav. 247; KM. 353). Feint traces of overstriking on the Spanish-American 8 Réales, some minor surface corrosion, otherwise good very fine, grey tone [certified and graded NGC AU 53] £400-£500

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

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Baldwin Auction 21 (London), 11-12 October 1999, lot 866, recté Prid. 169.

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