Pallava Coins |
Pallava Coin
Metal Copper
3rd - 4th Century AD
Obverse.
Standing Humped Bull.
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Pallava Coin
Metal Copper
3rd - 4th Century AD
Reverse.
Two masted
ship like the modern coasting vessel steered by means of oars from the stern. |
Eastern Chalukyan
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Raja Raja
Metal Gold
1012 AD - 1062 AD
The coin
has seven punch marks on one side. In the centre is a boar to right with a lamp on each side a
goad and an umbrella supported by two chamaras. Around the edge are six punch marks
with one Telugu-Kannada letter in each punch, Sri Ra ja ra ja sa. There is the figure
33, which is the regnal year. The other side is blank.
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Hari Hara I
Metal Gold
1336 AD - 1357 AD
Obverse.
Hanuman facing front.
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Hari Hara I
Metal Gold
1336 AD - 1357 AD
Reverse.
Legend in Kannada in three lines.
'Sri Vira Hari Hara'.
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Krishnadeva Raya
Metal - Gold
1509 AD - 1530 AD
Obverse.
Krishnadeva Raya is the most famous of all Vijayanagar Kings. During his reign the Vijayanagar
Empire reached its zenith. This gold varahan has on one side the figure of Vishnu
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Krishnadeva Raya
Metal - Gold
1509 AD - 1530 AD
Reverse.
A three-line legend in
Sanskrit, Sri Pratapa Krishna Raya.
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