Rare Gold Varaha Coin of Venkatapathiraya III of Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire, God Venkateshwara holding chakra and Shankha. | Auction 35

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Lot # 148 - Rare Gold Varaha Coin of Venkatapathiraya III of Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire, God Venkateshwara holding chakra and Shankha.

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22,000

Estimated Price

22,000-25,000

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Denomination

Gold Varaha

Metal

Gold

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Vijayanagara Empire, Aravidu Dynasty, Venkatapathiraya III (16 Century CE), Gold Varaha, Obv: the god Venkateshwara standing below an ornamental arch facing forward, holding a discus (chakra) and a conch-shell (shankha) in two separate hands while another hand is in the abhayamudra gesture, Rev: Nagari legend “Shri Ven/kateshwara/ya namaha” in three lines with interlinear rules, 3.32g, 11.43mm, (Mitch. K&A # 833/Dr. M. Girijapathi # 388), choice very fine, Rare.