Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 975. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Medieval. Chalukyas of Kalyana (Western Chalukyas). Somesvara IV Chalukya(?). 1181/4-1189. AV Pagoda (3.54 g, 9h). Garuda, with prominent beak, running right / “Dapaga dapasa Murari(?)” in Kannada in three lines divided by pelleted lines. Cf. Chattopadhyaya 118-120; cf. Mitchner, South 282-285; cf. Friedberg 283. Near EF.