1 Pagoda    (sold for $540.0)

1787, India, Mysore, Nayaka Dynasty. Gold "Durgi" Pagoda Coin. Rare! NGC MS-60!

State: Mysore Mint Place: Furrukhyab-Hisar   Culture: Nayakas of Chitradurga Denomination: Gold "Durgi" Pagoda Reference: Mitchiner 940,  KM-211. R! Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as MS-60! Mint Period: 1782-1799 (NGC states this period as dated in KM, but Mitchiner dates this issue much earlier from 1690-1720!) Diameter: 14mm Weight: 3.28gm Material: Gold! 

Obverse: Durga seated facing wearing turreted headdress.

Reverse: Nagari legend Sri Pra/tapa Krishna/raya in three lines. Legend: Sri Pra - tapa Krishna - raya

Nayakas of Chitradurga (1588–1779 CE) ruled parts of eastern Karnataka during the post-Vijayanagara period. During the rule of Hoysala Empire and Vijayanagara Empire, they served as a feudatory chiefdom. Later after the fall of the Vijayanagara empire, they ruled at times as an independent Chiefdom and at other times as a vassal of the Mysore Kingdom, Mughal Empire and Maratha Empire. Finally their territories merged into the province of Mysore under the British.

According to historian Barry Lewis, the earliest chieftains of the kingdom were local chiefs (Dandanayakas) under the Hoysala empire, during their rule over what is today Karnataka. They later won the attention and appreciation of the Vijayanagar kings through their acts of bravery and were appointed as governors of the region. According to historian Suryanath Kamath, the Chitradurga chiefs under the Vijayanagara empire were originally from the Davangere district in Karnataka. Some Marathi records call them Kala Pyada in admiration for their fighting qualities.