Coin; ¼ anna

Museum number:
9-6978
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090006978
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Coin; copper; ¼ Anna; According to similar coin description acquired from numista: Obvers: coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon AUSP: REG: SEN: ANG, translation: By the Command of the King and Parliament of England; Reverse: value in English within a wreath of laurel: ONE QUARTER ANNA; Between the tips of the wreath is the value in Persian:"یک پای" (Yek Pai) = One Pice, surrounding the wreath reads East India Company.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
India
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin; ¼ anna, accession number 9-6978, described as Coin; copper; ¼ Anna; According to similar coin description acquired from numista: Obvers: coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon AUSP: REG: SEN: ANG, translation: By the Command of the King and Parliament of England; Reverse: value in English within a wreath of laurel: ONE QUARTER ANNA; Between the tips of the wreath is the value in Persian:"یک پای" (Yek Pai) = One Pice, surrounding the wreath reads East India Company.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin; ¼ anna, accession number 9-6978, described as Coin; copper; ¼ Anna; According to similar coin description acquired from numista: Obvers: coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon AUSP: REG: SEN: ANG, translation: By the Command of the King and Parliament of England; Reverse: value in English within a wreath of laurel: ONE QUARTER ANNA; Between the tips of the wreath is the value in Persian:"یک پای" (Yek Pai) = One Pice, surrounding the wreath reads East India Company.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin; ¼ anna, accession number 9-6978, described as Coin; copper; ¼ Anna; According to similar coin description acquired from numista: Obvers: coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon AUSP: REG: SEN: ANG, translation: By the Command of the King and Parliament of England; Reverse: value in English within a wreath of laurel: ONE QUARTER ANNA; Between the tips of the wreath is the value in Persian:"یک پای" (Yek Pai) = One Pice, surrounding the wreath reads East India Company.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin; ¼ anna, accession number 9-6978, described as Coin; copper; ¼ Anna; According to similar coin description acquired from numista: Obvers: coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon AUSP: REG: SEN: ANG, translation: By the Command of the King and Parliament of England; Reverse: value in English within a wreath of laurel: ONE QUARTER ANNA; Between the tips of the wreath is the value in Persian:"یک پای" (Yek Pai) = One Pice, surrounding the wreath reads East India Company.

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