Coin; copper ¼ anna

Museum number:
9-538
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090000538
Accession number:
Acc.369
Description:
Copper coin; ¼ Anna madha rao; Obverse: royal emblem of Gwalior; stylized cobra above crossed spear and trident, within a circle of beads; the Legend in Devanagari surrounds the snake translated: Shree Madhavrao Shinde Alija Bahadur. Reverse translation: Gwalior, ¼ anna within circle of beads; wreath surrounds; mint date below 1953
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India?
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Copper (metal) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1953
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin; copper ¼ anna, accession number 9-538, described as Copper coin; ¼ Anna madha rao; Obverse: royal emblem of Gwalior; stylized cobra above crossed spear and trident, within a circle of beads; the Legend in Devanagari surrounds the snake translated: Shree Madhavrao Shinde Alija Bahadur. Reverse translation: Gwalior, ¼ anna within circle of beads; wreath surrounds; mint date below 1953Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin; copper ¼ anna, accession number 9-538, described as Copper coin; ¼ Anna madha rao; Obverse: royal emblem of Gwalior; stylized cobra above crossed spear and trident, within a circle of beads; the Legend in Devanagari surrounds the snake translated: Shree Madhavrao Shinde Alija Bahadur. Reverse translation: Gwalior, ¼ anna within circle of beads; wreath surrounds; mint date below 1953Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin; copper ¼ anna, accession number 9-538, described as Copper coin; ¼ Anna madha rao; Obverse: royal emblem of Gwalior; stylized cobra above crossed spear and trident, within a circle of beads; the Legend in Devanagari surrounds the snake translated: Shree Madhavrao Shinde Alija Bahadur. Reverse translation: Gwalior, ¼ anna within circle of beads; wreath surrounds; mint date below 1953Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin; copper ¼ anna, accession number 9-538, described as Copper coin; ¼ Anna madha rao; Obverse: royal emblem of Gwalior; stylized cobra above crossed spear and trident, within a circle of beads; the Legend in Devanagari surrounds the snake translated: Shree Madhavrao Shinde Alija Bahadur. Reverse translation: Gwalior, ¼ anna within circle of beads; wreath surrounds; mint date below 1953
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin; copper ¼ anna, accession number 9-538, described as Copper coin; ¼ Anna madha rao; Obverse: royal emblem of Gwalior; stylized cobra above crossed spear and trident, within a circle of beads; the Legend in Devanagari surrounds the snake translated: Shree Madhavrao Shinde Alija Bahadur. Reverse translation: Gwalior, ¼ anna within circle of beads; wreath surrounds; mint date below 1953Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin; copper ¼ anna, accession number 9-538, described as Copper coin; ¼ Anna madha rao; Obverse: royal emblem of Gwalior; stylized cobra above crossed spear and trident, within a circle of beads; the Legend in Devanagari surrounds the snake translated: Shree Madhavrao Shinde Alija Bahadur. Reverse translation: Gwalior, ¼ anna within circle of beads; wreath surrounds; mint date below 1953

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