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1 Pagoda - Dutch East India Company Porto Novo
| Issuer | Dutch East India Company (VOC) |
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| Year | 1662-1677 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1615-1785) |
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| Obverse description | Stylized standing figure of Lord Vishnu depicted frontally within a decorative arched shrine or sanctuary, rendered in the traditional South Indian iconographic style. The deity is shown in a formal hieratic pose flanked by architectural or foliate elements forming a temple-like frame. The design is boldly struck in high relief typical of hammered South Indian pagodas, with the figure occupying the full central field. The overall composition reflects the indigenous Hindu temple-coin tradition adapted for Dutch colonial coinage at Negapatnam. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse entirely covered with a uniform granular or pellet pattern, consisting of closely packed raised bosses or granules covering the entire surface of the flan. This distinctive textured reverse, characteristic of South Indian pagoda coinage, is produced by the hammered technique and serves as an anti-counterfeiting surface treatment. No inscriptions, legends, or figural elements are present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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