The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, silver Quarter-Pagoda, first issue, type A/I, seven-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 13 stars on either side of top central star, surrounded by ribbon inscribed quarter · pagoda ·, pau hun phuli [Quarter of a star pagoda], ago under base of Gopuram, 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 divided by quintets of pellets at top and bottom, kal vara kun/kai vara hun [Quarter of a star pagoda], eight characters in Tamil legend, 10.53g/12h (Prid. 156 [Sale, lot 365]; Stevens 3.52; KM. 343). Minor adjustment marks on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, very rare [certified and graded NGC AU 50] £1,500-£2,000

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

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P.J.E. Stevens Collection, Part V, Horizon Auction I (London), 2 October 2016, lot 173, when certified and graded as NGC XF 40.