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1 Fanam - Arcot nawabdom
| Issuer | Nawabdom of the Carnatic (Indian Hindu Dynasties) |
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| Year | 1764 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Stylized figure of the goddess Kali in low relief, depicted in a dynamic posture within the field of this small hammered gold fanam. A Tanjore rosette motif appears on the breast of the deity. An annulet is positioned in the upper left field, accompanied by two dots in the upper right field. The design is rendered in the characteristic crude but iconographically deliberate style of South Indian gold fanams of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Weakly struck abstract geometric design covering the reverse field, characteristic of hammered South Indian gold fanams of this type. The incuse impression is shallow and poorly defined due to the hammering technique, with faint linear and geometric patterns discernible across the surface. The irregular flan edges are typical of this series, with no inscriptions or legends present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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