Kakatiyas of Warangal, Prola-II, Punch Marked, Gold Two-and-a-Half Gadyana, 9.73g, 69mm, Total of 17 repousse punches elegantly struck on the obverse of a cup shaped circular flan that just fits into an adult palm. The beautifully struck cup or bowl-shaped flan resembles a Lotus, the symbol of wealth. This coin has a unique combination of Boar-Lotus-Boar punch sequence and is unique, the central punch shows Goddess Lakshmi seated in Padmasana posture with her draped saree spread down in the form of lotus. She is seated within an arched sanctum sanctorum that has the Keerti Mukha on the top and seated Hamsa on the two pillars. Two parakeets are seen beside the ornate pillars and two flywhisks are placed on the pedestal of the sanctum. She holds two lotus flowers in her upper hands which are the symbols of beauty, prosperity, and fertility. The lower two hands are in the Abhaya mudra of divine protection and the Varada mudra of granting boon. The circumfluent punches struck above the outer periphery of the sanctum which consists of 2x Sri-Sri, 1x'Mandalika' and 1x'Kesari' punches inscribed in Kannada. 4 groups of alternating Boar-Lotus-Boar symbol punches separate each of the legend punches on obverse. Extremely fine, exceedingly rare. The Kakatiya dynasty succeeded the Nolamba dynasty and ruled for a brief period and their coins were extremely rare. Prola-II was a feudatory to the Chalukya Vikramaditya-VI and proclaimed independence with the decline of the Chalukyas. Prola-II extended his kingdom up to Krishna district. The above coin is from a small hoard that surfaced up ~2.5 years ago and had a mix of Nolamba, Ganga, and Kakatiya coins. The hoard has evaporated since then and it is a royal opportunity to bag this coin.