Exceptional Chalukyas Pagoda

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1276. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $5700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Medieval. Chalukyas of Kalyana. Uncertain ruler. Circa 973-1068. AV Pagoda (3.78 g, 1h). Boar type. Caparisoned boar standing right on standard; crescent (moon), annulet (sun), sri, and four pellets above / Elaborately decorated triple-tiered parasol (or temple) surmounted by globe-in-crescent; on either side, pellet-in-annulet and swastika set on streamers; at base on either side, pellet-in-annulet within pelleted border. Cf. Mitchiner, South I, 268-9; cf. G&G 4. Superb EF.