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E.I.C. Bombay Presidency
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Malabar Coast, gold Vir Raya Fanam, Calicut (?), half-length Kali figure, rev. group of pellets and other symbols, 0.36g/2h (Prid. 293 [Sale, lot 540]; Stevens 7.3; cf. KM. Mysore C212; F 1568). Very fine £30-£40
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Provenance: SNC (London) November 1980 (9407), ticket.
Pridmore dates these coins to the decade (or perhaps even two decades) after the capture of Calicut by British troops in 1790, and the subsequent Treaty of Seringapatam. The reverse design, if inverted, might resemble an animal to left with a group of pellets above
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Malabar Coast, gold Vir Raya Fanam, Calicut (?), half-length Kali figure, rev. group of pellets and other symbols, 0.36g/2h (Prid. 293 [Sale, lot 540]; Stevens 7.3; cf. KM. Mysore C212; F 1568). Very fine £30-£40
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Provenance: SNC (London) November 1980 (9407), ticket.
Pridmore dates these coins to the decade (or perhaps even two decades) after the capture of Calicut by British troops in 1790, and the subsequent Treaty of Seringapatam. The reverse design, if inverted, might resemble an animal to left with a group of pellets above