Lot

East India Company, Madras Presidency, Gold Pagoda (Token), 2.93 gms, 16.52 mm, No date, 1808-1815 issue, Obv: a seven-tiered gopuram of a temple, on stony ground, with around five stars on each side, bordered by a buckled garter, containing the value 'PAGODA' in English and Persian, all within a beaded border, Rev: a figure of the god Vishnu holding a sword in his left hand, dotted and other symbols on each side, all surrounded by one circle of beads, all this within a ribbon, the ends separated by a star, on the ribbon is the value in Tamil and Telugu, UNC, rare.