India, British India, East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, silver Half-Pagoda, second issue, type M/II, nine-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 9 stars either side, surrounded by ribbon inscribed half pagoda ., nim hun phuli [Half a star pagoda], large letters, buckle unshaded, top of Gopuram points to o of pagoda, rev. Vishnu holding sword, rising from a lotus flower, surrounded by three concentric circles of pellets, no pellet below, flanked by 14 pellets on left and 12 pellets on right, legend in Tamil and Telugu, arai pu vara kun · ara pu vara hun [Half a star pagoda], 20.81g, 12h (Prid. 172 [Sale, lot 375]; Stevens 3.132; Dav. 247; KM. 353). No traces of Spanish-American 8 Réales undertype visible, extremely fine. NGC MS62.
NGC Certification 6381361-005
Provenance:
Ex Puddester Collection, Part One, Noonans, 8-9 February 2023, Lot 120
Ponterio & Associates Auction 106 (Chicago, IL), 7-8 April 2000, lot 2065, ticket.