CNG 87, Lot: 1705. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Medieval. Chalukyas of Kalyana (Western Chalukyas). Somesvara IV Chalukya(?). 1181/4-1189. AV Pagoda (17mm, 3.55 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. Good VF, light deposits.