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Description
British Empire, British East India Company, the Madras Presidency (Presidency of Fort St. George), Gold Pagoda (2.96g, 17mm), Milled coinage, Madras city mint 1808-1817 AD. Obverse: Seven-tiered Gopuram of a temple on stony ground, temple points to between “OD” of legend, five five-pointed stars each side, within buckled garter with oval-shaped buckle inscribed with denomination in English and Persian. Reverse: Vishnu rises from a lotus flower central, crowned and holding sword in left hand, cross of beads representing Vishnu’s wives either side – cross of 9 beads right, cross of 11 beads left, all within border of beads, star above, all within ribbon inscribed with denomination in Tamil and Telugu, single stop in legend. Stevens-3.29 (Obverse B; Reverse I). A well struck and visually attractive pagoda and a nice example of the ever-popular milled types, good Extremely Fine.
