East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Silver Anglina, Type II, 1674
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Individual type · partial
Period
1674
This silver Anglina, categorized as a Type II early coinage of the East India Company from the Bombay Presidency, dates to 1674.The obverse depicts the East India Company arms, encircled by the Latin legend 'HON : SOC : ANG : IND : ORI', which translates to 'The Honourable English Company of the East Indies'.
The reverse showcases two interlinked 'C's, representing King Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, surmounted by a crown and a small cross. The surrounding legend reads 'A DEO : PAX : ET : INCREMENTVM', meaning 'Peace and increase cometh from God'. This specific coin, weighing 11.66 grams, was proposed by Gerald Aungier in an effort to standardize local currency to better align with English design traditions. It remains an important numismatic record of the Company's early operations in India, demonstrating the specific iconography and Latin titling utilized to assert authority and facilitate trade during the seventeenth century.
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Physical characteristics
- Weight
- 11.66g
- Material
- silver
Technical characteristics
- Denomination
- Anglina
Design
- Obverse
- East India Company arms surrounded by legend
- Reverse
- Interlinked crowned Cs surmounted by a cross surrounded by legend
Identification
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- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
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