Krishnaraja Wodeyar III Coin

Title: Coin

Period/Date: 18th-19th century CE

Dynasty/Style: Wodeyar dynasty

Provenance: Unknown

Medium: Copper coin

Dimensions (mm):  Di. 21 

Weight: 8.3 gm

Credit Line: Dr. VV Subba Reddy, Guntur

Accession Number: PIF00CN49

Krishnaraja Wodeyar III was the twenty-second Maharaja of Mysore. He ruled the kingdom for nearly seventy years (1799-1868 CE).

The coin bears ‘Shri Chamundi in Kannada’ at the top, with the sun and the moon between the ‘Sri Sardula’ lion advancing to the left in the middle with the date at the bottom on the obverse of the coin. The reverse has ‘Krishna’ in Kannada, followed by ‘Struck in Mysore’ in Persian at the centre, surrounded by ‘MEILEE XX CASH’ in English and Kannada.