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Kasu - Anuksarya Hagalvadi Chiefs of Chiknayakanhalli - Vijayanagara Feudatory
| Issuer | Anuksarya Hagalvadi Chiefs of Chiknayakanhalli (Vijayanagara Feudatory) |
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| Year | 1400-1500 |
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| Currency | Pagoda |
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| Obverse description | Irregular hammered copper flan displaying a stylized symbolic device in the central field, heavily worn and encrusted with reddish-brown patina and areas of green cuprite oxidation. The design, characteristic of Vijayanagara feudatory coinage, appears to feature a schematic motif in low relief, the details of which are largely obscured by corrosion and the rough surface texture typical of crudely struck kasu issues. No legible legend is discernible on this face. The flan is slightly convex with uneven edges consistent with hand-hammered production. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field bears a multi-line inscription in Kannada script, partially legible despite significant surface corrosion and encrustation. The characters, rendered in the angular style characteristic of 15th-century Kannada epigraphy, are arranged in two or three horizontal lines across the central field, referencing the issuing chieftain or dynastic title of the Hagalvadi chiefs. Above the inscription, a horizontal device or symbol is faintly visible. The overall execution is crude, consistent with the hammered coinage traditions of Vijayanagara feudatory mints. |
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| Mintage | ND (1400-1500) |
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