1 Kasu - Kongu Chera

Issuer	Kongu Chera dynasty (Indian Hindu Dynasties)
Year	1450-1512
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Technique	Hammered
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Obverse description	Seated female deity, likely a goddess of the Hindu pantheon, depicted in frontal posture in the field. The figure is rendered in low relief in the characteristic crude hammered style of medieval South Indian copper coinage, with stylised ornamental details suggesting divine regalia. The flan is irregular and the design occupies the majority of the available field.
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Reverse description	Central motif of a lamp or deepam depicted upright in the field, flanked on either side by a sword or blade rendered in low relief, a iconographic combination associated with temple and royal symbolism in medieval South Indian coinage. The design is struck in the crude hammered style typical of Kongu Chera copper issues, with an irregular flan and flat fields. Small globular elements are visible in the upper portion of the reverse.
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