Lot 398

IK Travancore Viraraya Type Gold Fanam

Auction # 13 Lucknow (Online)


  • Estimated Price (INR)
  • 1200 - 1500
  • Price Realised -
  • Auction Completed!

Catalog Reference #
#
Metal Composition
Gold
Lot Grade/Condition
very fine
Diameter
7.19 mm
Weight
0.37 gms
Denomination
Fanam
Calendar/Year
16th-18th Century AD

Independent Kingdoms, Travancore (16th-18th Century AD), Viraraya Type, Gold Fanam, 0.37 gms, 7.19 mm, Obverse: Stylized Lion to right, Reverse: Stylized boar to right, Derived from the Hoysala typology of Lion and Boar, the Viraraya fanams were circulating all across south India in the late medieval period, Because of its popularity, it was heavily copied by many dynasties, very fine, scarce.