Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2057. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Travancore. Anonymous. Circa 1870-1931. AV Double Pagoda (5.12 gm, 12h). Tulabharam Donation Issue. Sankh (conch shell) in wreath / Sri Patmanabha in wreath. KM M12. Choice EF. ($2000)

The Tulabharam is a Hindu ceremony in which a devotee pledges his weight in coin or other gifts as a donation to the temple. In the case of the Maharaja of Travancore the gift took the form of specially minted gold coins.