| Classical Numismatic Gallery > Auction 46 | Auction date: 23 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 81 Price realized: 30,000 INR (Approx. 361 USD / 328 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancient Tamil Nadu, Chola dynasty, uninscribed die-struck copper coin ascribed to the 'Sangam Age' (c.150-50 BC), not listed in MCSI, 4.82g. Obv: symbolic configuration - tree in railing in centre; to left, elephant facing right, to right, arched hill; Shrivatsa above, crescent with taurines to its left and a six-armed symbol to right. Rev: lion with raised tail, facing right, in a double ornamental border of taurines and rayed rectangle. Good very fine, Very rare. Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 Footnote: The attribution of this coin to the Cholas is based on the device lion/tiger which was the dynastic emblem of the early Cholas. This is an exceptionally rare and highly ornate type of uninscribed die-struck coinage of the 'Sangam' period. |  |
