Stephen Album Rare Coins
Auction 18 16-18 January 2014
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BRITISH INDIA: George III, 1760-1820, AE medal, 1792, Pud-792.1.2, BHM 363; Eimer 845; Pollard 5, 48mm, Charles, Marquis Cornwallis (1738-1805), the Defeat of Sultan Tippoo [Tipu] of Mysore, medal by C H Küchler, uniformed bust of Cornwallis left, CAR MARCHIO CORNWALLIS STRATEGUS ACERRIMUS / Cornwallis receives the sons of Sultan Tipoo as hostages, FAS SIT PARCERE HOSTI, SULTAN TIPPOO DEVICTO OBSIDES RECIPIT MDCCXCII, lovely chocolate brown lustrous patina, EF to About Unc, R.
The Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789-1792) ended in defeat for Tipu. After about two weeks of siege at Srirangapatna, Tipu opened negotiations for terms of surrender. In the ensuing treaty, he was forced to cede half his territories to the allies, and deliver two of his sons as hostages until he paid in full three crores and thirty lakhs rupees fixed as war indemnity to the British for the campaign against him. He paid the amount in two installments and got back his sons from Madras. Photo size reduced.
Estimate: 520-560 USD
The Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789-1792) ended in defeat for Tipu. After about two weeks of siege at Srirangapatna, Tipu opened negotiations for terms of surrender. In the ensuing treaty, he was forced to cede half his territories to the allies, and deliver two of his sons as hostages until he paid in full three crores and thirty lakhs rupees fixed as war indemnity to the British for the campaign against him. He paid the amount in two installments and got back his sons from Madras. Photo size reduced.
Estimate: 520-560 USD