Catalog
1 Cash - Tiruchchirappalli EIC Lord Shiva/Parvati
| Issuer | East India Company |
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| Value | Kasu |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered depiction of the divine couple Lord Shiva and Parvati seated together, rendered in a highly stylized and schematic manner characteristic of South Indian cast copper issues of the East India Company period. The figures occupy the full field of the irregular flan, with Shiva identifiable by his tall form and Parvati beside him, both executed in low relief with minimal detail. The overall design reflects the archaic indigenous iconographic tradition of the Tiruchchirappalli region. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Tiruchchirappalli mint operated under East India Company control following the cession of the Tanjore-adjacent territories through a complex series of agreements with local rulers in the late 18th century. This particular cash issue belongs to a class of EIC copper coinage deliberately styled to local religious and aesthetic conventions — a calculated accommodation of existing monetary custom rather than any imposition of Company iconography. The MSI reference places it within a well-documented but numerically scarce series.