Quick Description | ||||
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Denomination | Silver 1/4 Pagoda | Metal | Silver | |
Year (AD) | 1808 AD | |||
Full Description: Madras Presidency, Silver 1/4 Pagoda, 2nd Issue, 1808 AD, Obv: seven-tiered gopuram of a temple, standing on stony ground, between nine stars on each side, all this surrounded by a buckled garter, on the garter is the value in English Quarter Pagoda and Persian Pau hun phuli, Rev: a figure of Vishnu holding a sword in his left hand and rising from a lotus flower, dotted and other symbols on each side, all surrounded by two circles of beads, all this within a ribbon, the ends separated by a star, on the ribbon is the value in Tamil and Telugu, 10.39g, 25.70mm, about very fine, Scarce. |