INDIA, KINGDOM of MYSORE: Haidar Ali Gold pagoda, Uma-Maheswara type with plain reverse. SCARCE+CHOICE!

Obverse	Siva and Parvati seated facing; Siva holding trishul (trident) and mriga (deer)
Reverse	Persian letter He (for Haidar Ali) within a granulated field
Date	1761-82
Weight	3.41 gm.
Diameter	11 mm.
Die axis	3 o'clock
Reference	MNI 971, MSI 1046-47
Comments	The Siva-Parvati type of Haidar Ali imitated the coins of the Ikkeri Nayakas, whom Haidar defeated in 1763. They were also the source of the gold that funded this coinage. This is a CHOICE specimen of a rare coin!