Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1978. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Tribal issues. Kadambas of Hangal. Circa 12th-13th century. AV Pagoda (3.98 gm, 12h). Seated Hanuman (monkey god) facing right; conch and ankus at sides / Floral spray within decorative border. Mitchiner, South I, 229-231; MNI 666. EF. ($400)

The Kadambas achieved autonomy in the Deccan under Chattadeva (980-1031). His grandson Toyimadeva (1048-1075) was the only ruler to strike named coinage. Anonymous pagodas and fanams were struck in the 12th-13th centuries, the dynasty ending with the expansion of the Delhi sultanate into the region in the early 1300's.