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Auction 268  8-9 Feb 2023
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Lot 907

Estimate: 1500 GBP
Price realized: 4000 GBP
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Princely States

East India Company, Princely States, TRAVANCORE, Rani Gouri Lakshmi Bai (ME 986-90/1811-15), gold 'Anantaraya' Pagoda, stylised facing figure of a deity holding a baton in each hand, two floral sprigs in lower fields, rev. granulated, 3.39g (Mears p.293, SG 9; KM. B8; F 1399a). Extremely fine and most attractive, very rare [certified and graded NGC MS 65] £1,500-£2,000

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Provenance: 'Skanda' (L.B. Brilliant) Collection, Spink/Taisei Auction 9 (Singapore), 20 February 1991, lot 616.

Owner's envelope and ticket.

This type was formerly known as the Scott or Iskat pagoda, as it was said to have been struck under the auspices of a certain Capt Scott of Tanjore.


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