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Lot # 47 - Gold Half Varaha Coin of Krishnadevaraya of Tululva Dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire.
Gold Half Varaha Coin of Krishnadevaraya of Tululva Dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire.
Gold Half Varaha Coin of Krishnadevaraya of Tululva Dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire. Gold Half Varaha Coin of Krishnadevaraya of Tululva Dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire.
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Vijayanagar Empire, Tuluva Dynasty, Gold 1/2 Varaha, Krishnadevaraya, Unusual script, Obv: divine baby balakrishna seated on seat, with one knee bent, Rev: three line Nagari legend with interlinear rules; Sri/Krishna/rayaru, 1.71g, 9.27mm, about extremely fine, Extremely Rare.

 
Typically all the coins of Krishnadevaraya has nagari legend Sri/pratapa/krishna/raya but this specimen reads as "Sri/krishna/rayaru" which reflects that these coins could have struck specially for the Andhra region based upon the readable script.