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2 Kasu - Rajas of SivaGanga
| Issuer | Rajas of Sivaganga |
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| Year | 1743-1801 |
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| Value | 2 Kasu (1⁄30) |
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| Obverse description | Two standing male figures depicted in low relief occupy the central field: Rama and Lakshmana, each portrayed holding a bow, rendered in a schematic South Indian style typical of hand-struck copper coinage. The figures face forward in a frontal stance, with surrounding Tamil or Grantha script characters arranged around the periphery of the oval flan. The die-work is characteristically rough, consistent with hand-struck provincial coinage of 18th-century South India. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sivaganga was a zamindari — later briefly a raja — in the Madurai region, and its coinage history is inseparable from the turbulence that defined the Carnatic wars of the mid-eighteenth century. The estate changed hands violently, passed through periods of British interference, and saw its ruling family repeatedly displaced. That coins were struck at all across this date range reflects the persistence of local fiscal authority even as Maratha, British, and Nawabi powers competed for dominance across Tamil Nadu.
The KM#6 attribution covers a long span, and individual pieces within it likely reflect multiple issuing moments rather than continuous production.