The Puddester Collection (Part I)

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, silver Quarter-Pagoda, second issue, type S/VI, seven-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 9 stars either side, surrounded by ribbon inscribed quarter · pagoda ·, pau hun phuli [Quarter of a star pagoda], unshaded oval buckle with cross tongue, rev. Vishnu holding sword in left hand, rising from a lotus flower, surrounded by two concentric circles of pellets, flanked by 13 pellets on left and 11 pellets on right, pellet above Vishnu but no pellet below, legend in Tamil and Telugu, kal vara kun · kal vara hun [Quarter of a star pagoda], 10.54g/12h (Prid. 177 [Sale, lot 377]; Stevens 3.208; Stevens website image 333, second coin illustrated; KM. 352). Very fine [certified and graded NGC AU 50] £200-£260

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

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P.J.E. Stevens Collection, Baldwin Argentum Auction (London), 3 November 2012, lot 261.

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