366, Lot: 77. Estimate $250.
Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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POST-ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL INDIA, Medieval (Southern Deccan). Alupas. Uncertain ruler. 12th-13th centuries. AV Pagoda (14mm, 3.63 g, 11h). Chattopadhyaya Type I. Uncertain (Mangalore[?]) mint. Two vertical fish below canopy; conch to left;
ankus (goad) to right; pellets below /
śri pa/
ndya dhana/
jaya in Kannada. Cf. Chattopadhyaya 364 (for type); Mitchiner,
South –; cf. MNI 670 (same). Good VF.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Dr. Lawrence Brilliant. Ex Skanda Collection (Spink-Taisei 9, 20 February 1991), lot 208.
