271, Lot: 857. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Medieval. Kadambas of Hangal. Toyimadeva. AD 835-890. AV Pagoda (20mm, 4.31 g). Lion advancing right, head left, raising left paw; pellet within curvature of tail, "Toyi" in Devanagari in exergue / Floral spray within decorative border. Cf. Mitchiner,
South I, 225-7; G&G 3; cf. MNI 664; Triton XIV, lot 1367 (same obv. die). Good VF, reddish encrustation in devices of reverse.
Ex New York Sale XXIII (6 January 2010), lot 319.