437, Lot: 577. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Medieval (Southern Deccan). Gangas of Talakad (Western Gangas). Uncertain ruler. Circa 1080-1138. AV Gajapati Pagoda (14mm, 3.90 g). Caparisoned elephant standing right; uncertain Kannada letters to upper left; floral symbols between legs and to right / Floral scroll. Ganesh & Girijapathy, Karnataka –; cf. Mitchiner, South I 192-3; cf. MNI 702 (both refs for type); Hong Kong 52, lot 1002 (same obv. die). Good VF, traces of reddish toning.