Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1982. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Tribal issues. Chola Kings. Rajaraja I. 985-1014. AR Kahavanu (4.30 gm, 12h). Uncertain Tamilnadu mint. "Chola, conqueror of the Gangas" in Tamil, seated tiger with two fish / Same. Mitchiner, South II, 332; MNI 741 (as Rajendra). Good VF. ($400)

Rajaraja seized the Karnataka region from the Gangas, and also invaded Sri Lanka in 1001. He introduced a gold coinage into southern India copied from the Tamil issues of Sri Lanka with standing king type.