366, Lot: 273. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLONIAL ISSUES, British India. Madras Presidency. 1652-1835. AV Two Pagodas (22mm, 5.94 g, 12h). Struck 1808-1815. Gopuram pagoda flanked by seven stars on either side; bilingual inscription within garter border / Vishnu standing facing; bilingual inscription within banner. Pridmore 147; Friedberg 1582. Near EF, traces of die rust and light field marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, June 1981.