1/4 anna for Bombay in India of the English East India Company (EIC), 1830, 1246
Also known as: 1/4 anna voor Bombay in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC), 1830, 1246
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1830
Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the EIC supported by two lions standing on a banner bearing an inscription, each holding in its paw an arrow with a flag attached, surmounted by a crest.
Year at bottom. Reverse: scales, between which the inscription in Arabic characters: "Adil". At top, value indication: "quarter anna" and at bottom, year: 1246. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3895; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.5 cm x weight 6.49 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.5 cm x weight 6.49 g
Design
- Obverse
- coat of arms of the EIC supported by two lions standing on a banner bearing an inscription, each holding in its paw an arrow with a flag attached, surmounted by a crest. Year at bottom.
- Reverse
- scales, between which the inscription in Arabic characters: "Adil". At top, value indication: "quarter anna" and at bottom, year: 1246. Plain edge.
Identification
- Original title
- 1/4 anna voor Bombay in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC), 1830, 1246
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-3895
- Museum classification
- coin
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