Lot 156
Hindu Medieval South India Kali Fanam Gold Fanam
Auction # 26 Lucknow (Online)
- Estimated Price (INR)
- 2500 - 3000
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- Catalog Reference #
- #
- Metal Composition
- Gold
- Lot Grade/Condition
- about very fine
- Diameter
- 6.63 mm
- Weight
- 0.38 gms
- Denomination
- Fanam
- Calendar/Year
- c. 17th-19th Century AD
Hindu Medieval, South India, Kali Fanam, (c. 17th-19th Century AD), Gold Fanam, 0.38 gms, 6.63 mm, Obverse: Highly Stylized lion, Reverse: Highly stylized Boar, Popularly identified as Kali fanam, these fanams are stylized copies of the Hoysala fanams that depicted lion and boar. These fanams circulated in south India during 17-19 century AD, about very fine, scarce.