Coin: æ ¼ anna

Museum number:
9-484
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090000484
Accession number:
Acc.369
Description:
Coin; ¼ Anna; 1858, Double Leaf Type (KM#463.2). Plain edge. Obverse: Coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon. Lettering: 1858, AUSP: REGIS ET SEN: ANGLIA. Reverse: Value in Persian and English, within a laurel wreath. Legend surrounds. Lettering: EAST INDIA COMPANY, يك پاي, ONE QUARTER ANNA.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Culture or time period:
British Historic and Indian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Inscription:
AUSP: REGIS ET SEN: ANGLIA
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1858
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin: æ ¼ anna, accession number 9-484, described as Coin; ¼ Anna; 1858, Double Leaf Type (KM#463.2). Plain edge. Obverse: Coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon. Lettering: 1858, AUSP: REGIS ET SEN: ANGLIA. Reverse: Value in Persian and English, within a laurel wreath. Legend surrounds. Lettering: EAST INDIA COMPANY, يك پاي, ONE QUARTER ANNA.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin: æ ¼ anna, accession number 9-484, described as Coin; ¼ Anna; 1858, Double Leaf Type (KM#463.2). Plain edge. Obverse: Coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon. Lettering: 1858, AUSP: REGIS ET SEN: ANGLIA. Reverse: Value in Persian and English, within a laurel wreath. Legend surrounds. Lettering: EAST INDIA COMPANY, يك پاي, ONE QUARTER ANNA.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin: æ ¼ anna, accession number 9-484, described as Coin; ¼ Anna; 1858, Double Leaf Type (KM#463.2). Plain edge. Obverse: Coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon. Lettering: 1858, AUSP: REGIS ET SEN: ANGLIA. Reverse: Value in Persian and English, within a laurel wreath. Legend surrounds. Lettering: EAST INDIA COMPANY, يك پاي, ONE QUARTER ANNA.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin: æ ¼ anna, accession number 9-484, described as Coin; ¼ Anna; 1858, Double Leaf Type (KM#463.2). Plain edge. Obverse: Coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon. Lettering: 1858, AUSP: REGIS ET SEN: ANGLIA. Reverse: Value in Persian and English, within a laurel wreath. Legend surrounds. Lettering: EAST INDIA COMPANY, يك پاي, ONE QUARTER ANNA.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ ¼ anna, accession number 9-484, described as Coin; ¼ Anna; 1858, Double Leaf Type (KM#463.2). Plain edge. Obverse: Coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon. Lettering: 1858, AUSP: REGIS ET SEN: ANGLIA. Reverse: Value in Persian and English, within a laurel wreath. Legend surrounds. Lettering: EAST INDIA COMPANY, يك پاي, ONE QUARTER ANNA.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ ¼ anna, accession number 9-484, described as Coin; ¼ Anna; 1858, Double Leaf Type (KM#463.2). Plain edge. Obverse: Coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon. Lettering: 1858, AUSP: REGIS ET SEN: ANGLIA. Reverse: Value in Persian and English, within a laurel wreath. Legend surrounds. Lettering: EAST INDIA COMPANY, يك پاي, ONE QUARTER ANNA.

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