Details
The Context
Details
Title: Coin
Period/Date: 18th-19th Cen.CE
Dynasty/Style: Krishna Deva Raya
Provenance: Unknown
Medium: Copper coin
Dimensions: Di. 21
Weight: 8.3 gm
Credit Line: Dr. V. V. Subba Reddy, Guntur
Accession Number: PIF000CN49
The Context
Krishnaraja Wodeyar III was the twenty-second Maharaja of Mysore. He ruled the kingdom for nearly seventy years (1799-1868).
Coin bears ‘Shri Chamundi in Kannada’ at the top, with sun and moon between ‘Shri’ Sardula lion advancing to left in middle and date at the bottom on the obverse of the coin.
The reverse ‘Krishna’ in Kannada, followed by ‘Struck in Mysore’ in Persian at the centre, surrounded by ‘MEILEE XX CASH’ in English and Kannada.
