British commemorative medal - The Seringapatam Medal – HCR152398

Obverse

Inscription:

أسـد الله الـغـالـب / IV. MAY. / MDCCXCIX.

Design:

the British lion overcoming the Bengal tiger (representing the Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan); date in exergue

Reverse

Inscription:

سرنگاپتم ۲۸ ذوالقعده ۱۲۱۳ هجری خداداد

Design:

(transcription approximate); view of the siege of Seringapatam, from the opposite bank of the river Kaveri, namely the view seen by the British forces as they massed for their final assault

Information

Person

Conrad Heinrich Küchler (engraver)

Mint

Soho, Birmingham (Modern)

Technique

struck

Dating

1799

Note

"Extremely fine; in original metal shells" csg shells absent; cf. https://tinyurl.com/4uh72fvy; BHM 976; E 1114; Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam

Period

Modern

Kind

medal

Metal

copper gilt

Reign

George III

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

38.64

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

Soho

Acquisition date

12/7/2025

Source

Anon.

Acquisition credit

Presented anonymously, 2025.

Transliteration (obverse)

ʽAssud otta-ul Ghaulib

Translation (obverse)

The lion of God is the conqueror

Transliteration (reverse)

Seringapatam 28 Zul qa’da 1213 hijri khodadad

Translation (reverse)

Fort of Seringapatam, the gift of God, the 4th May, 1799

Country of origin

India

Reference

2025 - DNW Catalogue of the Soho Collection : 282

Reference

British Museum Collection Online : https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_M-4391

Contributors to this coin record

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