1650 - 1652 - Portuguese Goa
Silver - Xerafim - Cross

The silver Xerafim with Coat of arms of Portugal and the cross with date struck in Goa from 1650-1652 during the reign of D. João IV (1640-1656).

SPECIFICATIONS
DenominationTwo Tanga
AlloySilver
TypeStruck
Diameter25.6 mm
Thickness2.4 mm
Weight legal10.40 gms
Weight10.59 gms
ShapeRound
EdgeSmooth
DieAxis120°
MintGoa,India
1650_GA_J4_xerafim_ag_obverse 1650_GA_J4_xerafim_ag_reverse
Codrington Unlisted ; Gomes J4: ; F.Vas J4.12 KM India/Goa#73

Obverse : Crowned Coat of arms of Portugal divides G A (Goa) within a circle of radial dashes between two plain line circles.
Reverse : Cross with each digit of year 1650 in each quadrant, all within a circle of radial dashes between two plain line circles.

Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
  Chapter VIII Portuguese - Plate xxx. Page xxx
* Indo Portuguese Money, by J Ferraro Vaz, . Braga, Portugal 1980 p.164
* Moedas Portuguesas 1128-1988, by Alberto Gomes. Lisbon 1987
* Collection Henry Thomas Grogan, J. Schulman, Auction 23-02-1914.
* Non-Islamic and Western Colonies since 600 AD by by Michael Mitchiner.

The F grade coin Scaned at 600 dpi are displayed at 300 dpi. It is from part of Lalith Raddella's collection I purchased in 2016 December.