Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Kasu - Devaraya I
| Issuer | Vijayanagara, Empire of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1406-1422 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Rupee (1336-1565) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | A humped bull (Nandi) depicted in profile facing left at approximately 45 degrees, rendered in low relief in the characteristic crude hammered style of Vijayanagara copper coinage. The animal's body is shown with a pronounced hump, and the flan edge is irregular with a beaded border partially visible around the periphery. The design occupies the majority of the flan, consistent with the compact format of the kasu denomination. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central field bearing a dagger or sword motif flanked by a Kannada script legend reading 'Krishnadevaraya', arranged around the central device in the customary layout of Vijayanagara copper kasu issues. The script is rendered in the medieval Kannada characters typical of the early fifteenth century, struck in low relief on an irregular flan. The lettering fills the available field with minimal border treatment, consistent with the hammered coinage tradition of the empire. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | ಕೃಷ್ಣದೇವರಾಯ |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |