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1 Kasu - Venad Chera Coin
| Issuer | Chera dynasty |
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| Year | 1118-1160 |
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| Value | 1 Kasu |
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| Obverse description | Seated royal figure rendered in Chola artistic style, depicted frontally upon a throne or seat. A battle axe appears to the right of the figure. The Tamil letter 'Cha' (ச) is positioned in the upper right field, serving as a dynastic or mint identifier. The design is executed in low relief on an irregularly flan, consistent with hammered medieval South Indian coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Tamil |
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| Reverse description | Standing royal or divine figure rendered in Chola artistic style, depicted frontally with arms extended or akimbo. A lozenge symbol occupies the right field, a recurrent emblematic device on Venad Chera copper coinage. The image visible shows a prominent central motif with radiating vertical lines suggestive of a stylized figure or regalia, with flanking symbols in the left and right fields. Relief is low and the flan is irregular, characteristic of hammered medieval South Indian issues. |
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