Item 253 out of 497
Lot # 253 - Rare Silver Quarter Pagoda Coin of Madras Presidency.
Rare Silver Quarter Pagoda Coin of Madras Presidency.
Rare Silver Quarter Pagoda Coin of Madras Presidency. Rare Silver Quarter Pagoda Coin of Madras Presidency.
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Start Price 18000 Estimated Price 18000-20000
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Quick Description
DenominationSilver 1/4 Pagoda MetalSilver
Year (AD)1808 AD
Full Description:

Madras Presidency, Silver ¼ Pagoda, 2nd issue, 1808 AD, Edge: Oblique Milling, 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, all within a beaded border, Rev: figure of Vishnu usually 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 ribbon is the value in Tamil and Telugu, 10.6g, 27.00mm, (KM # 352, Stevens # 3.167), about extremely fine, Rare.