294, Lot: 941. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Medieval. Kadambas of Hangal. 12th-13th centuries AD. AV Pagoda (21mm, 4.21 g). Sri Hanuman seated facing, head right; conch and ankus at feet; “nakara” in Kannada in exergue / Floral spray within decorative border. Mitchiner,
South I, 229-231; MNI 666; G&G 1. EF.
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 1300s.
