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1 Pagoda - Somesvara Garuda Running type, right
| Issuer | Chalukya dynasty (Indian Hindu Dynasties) |
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| Year | 1181-1189 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Stylized figure of Garuda, the divine eagle-vehicle of Vishnu, depicted in dynamic running posture facing right, rendered in the bold, schematic relief characteristic of late Chalukya hammered gold coinage. The bird-deity is shown with outstretched wings and a beaked head in profile, the body rendered in a highly conventionalized manner typical of South Indian pagodas of this period. The design occupies the full field of the flan, with no surrounding legend or border. |
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| Reverse description | Three horizontal lines of Kannada script inscription arranged across the field, separated by two incuse ruled lines dividing the reverse into three registers. Each register contains a portion of the royal dedicatory legend reading 'Sri Somesvara Deva', the Kannada characters rendered in the rounded, distinctive script of 12th-century Karnataka. The inscription fills the entire field of the flan in a bold, if somewhat crude, hammered execution consistent with workshop production of the Chalukya period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1181-1189) |
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