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Triton XIV, Lot: 1377. Estimate $400.
Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. British India. Madras Presidency. 1653-1835. AR Half pagoda (38mm, 21.23 g, 12h). Second issue. Struck 1808. HALF PAGODA and value in Persian on buckled garter, gōpuram (temple porch or entrance) set on ground; nine stars to left, nine to right; top of gōpuram below letters OD / Vishnu standing facing; floral and pellet design to left and right; all within pelleted border; value in Telugu and Tamil on ribbon around with pennant ends, star between pennant ends. Edge: grained left. Pridmore 169; KM 449b. Good VF, toned. Overstruck on a Potosí mint PP 8 Reales of Carlos IIII, struck 1795-1802 (KM 73).