The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, gold Two Pagodas, second issue, type G/IV, seven-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 9 stars either side, surrounded by very large square buckled garter encroaching on the design, inscribed two pagodas ., do hun [Two hun], peak of Gopuram points to g in pagoda, rev. Vishnu holding sword, rising from a lotus flower, surrounded by three concentric circles of pellets, the innermost interrupted, within ribbon inscribed in Tamil and Telugu, · 2 vara kun/2 vara hun [2 hun], no pellet in Telugu legend, 5.89g/12h (Prid. 146 [Sale, lot 361]; Stevens 3.15; KM. 358; F 1582). About extremely fine, rare [certified and graded NGC AU 58] £800-£1,000

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

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‘Skanda’ (L.B. Brilliant) Collection, Spink/Taisei Auction 9 (Singapore), 20 February 1991, lot 615.

Owner’s ticket and envelope