Lot 163
Hindu Medieval Ceylon Cholas Gold Fanam
Auction # 26 Lucknow (Online)
- Estimated Price (INR)
- 18000 - 20000
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- Catalog Reference #
- Reference # Mitch Tamil Nadu & Karnataka 315. Mitchner reads legend as ‘Daraka’, but the legend could as well be ‘Aka’, short of ‘Akkam’, a gold coin name in medieval south India
- Metal Composition
- Gold
- Lot Grade/Condition
- very fine
- Diameter
- 8.74 mm
- Weight
- 0.51 gms
- Denomination
- Fanam
- Calendar/Year
- c. 10th-12th Century AD
Hindu Medieval, Ceylon Cholas (c. 10th-12th Century AD), Gold Fanam, 0.51 gms, 8.74 mm, Obverse: King standing facing to right, holding conch (shankh), Reverse: Conch on top, Nagari legend ‘Aka’ or ‘Daraka’ below, Dotted border around, Reference # Mitch Tamil Nadu & Karnataka 315. Mitchner reads legend as ‘Daraka’, but the legend could as well be ‘Aka’, short of ‘Akkam’, a gold coin name in medieval south India, very fine, rare.