The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, gold Two Pagodas, second issue, type N/II, seven-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 7 stars either side, surrounded by oval buckled garter inscribed two pagodas, do hun [Two hun], peak of Gopuram points to o in pagoda, rev. Vishnu holding sword, rising from a lotus flower, surrounded by three concentric circles of pellets, within ribbon inscribed in Tamil and Telugu, · 2 vara kun/2 vara hun [2 hun], no pellet in Telugu legend, 5.91g/12h (Prid. 147 [not in Sale]; Stevens –; KM. 357; F 1582). Virtually as struck, considerable mint bloom, very rare [certified and graded NGC MS 66] £2,000-£2,600

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

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J.W. Garrett Collection, Part I, Bank Leu/NFA Auction (Beverly Hills, CA), 16-18 May 1984, lot 525 [from M. Schulman (Amsterdam) November 1927], ticket
DNW Auction 54 (London), 19 June 2002, lot 501.

Owner’s ticket and envelope