Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1979. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Tribal issues. Yadavas of Devagiri. Mahadeva. Circa 1261-1270. AV Pagoda (3.73 gm). Uniface coin with multiple punchmarks. Center with lotus blossom; around are four elephants, two "Sri", conch and Devanagari legend "Ma[ha]deva". Mitchiner, South I 288; MNI p. 103; cf. Baldwin's 39 (12 October 2004), lot 2636. Good VF. ($500)

The Mitchiner coins do not show four elephants, but they may be off the flans. This coin is missing the second syllable in the legend.