East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, silver Half-Pagoda, second issue...

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Reformation 1807-18, silver Half-Pagoda, second issue, type O/VI, nine-tiered Gopuram of a temple flanked by 9 stars either side, surrounded by ribbon inscribed half pagoda, nim hun phuli [Half a star pagoda], large letters, no stop, buckle unshaded, top of Gopuram points to o of pagoda, rev. Vishnu holding sword, rising from a lotus flower, surrounded by three concentric circles of pellets, two pellets above the stalk, flanked by 16 pellets on left and 14 pellets on right, legend in Tamil and Telugu, arai pu vara kun · ara pu vara hun [Half a star pagoda], 21.43g/12h (Prid. 171a [not in Sale with large letters]; Stevens 3.139; Dav. 247; KM. 353). No traces of overstriking on the Spanish-American 8 Réales, extremely fine with light grey tone and some mint bloom, attractive, rare [certified and graded NGC MS 61] £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Bt P.H. Davis (Tampa, FL) August 1981. Owner’s ticket