446, Lot: 512. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Medieval (Southern Deccan). Kadambas of Goa. Sivachitta. 1147/8-1181. AV Pagoda (19mm, 4.39 g, 1h). Dated cyclical year
durmukhi (AD 1176). Lion to left; cyclical year in Devanagari to left /
śri saptakoti/sa labdhavara si/vachitta vira tribhu/vanamalladeva ma/lavaramari in Devanagari in five lines. Cf. Mitchiner,
South I, 241 = MNI 654 (for type); cf. Chattopadhyaya 147 (same); Classical Numismatic Gallery 30, lot 176. VF, deposits, areas of weak strike. Very rare.