India, British India, East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, silver Quarter-Pagoda, second issue, type O/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], 10.56g, 12h (Prid. 174 [Sale, lot 376]; Stevens 3.192; KM. 352). Good very fine and toned. NGC AU 58.
NGC Certification 6322252-085
Provenance:
Ex Puddester Collection, Part One, Noonans, 8-9 February 2023, Lot 126