Following
is some of my collection of ancient Palani coins. One side of the coin has the
word "Palani" in Tamil. few of the coins also have the legend in
telugu.
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Genealogy of the Salar Jungs
The Salar Jung family was a noble family of erstwhile
Hyderabad state, India under the Nizams, who ruled the state from 1720 to 1948.
They are also credited with the safeguarding of rare artefacts and collections,
which are now at Salarjung Museum.
Salar Jung family was among the remaining families of
the top nobles other than the three great Paigah nobles (who were the highest
order of nobility under the Nizams) After them, ranked the Umra-e-Uzzam. The
Salar Jung family was one amongst the Umra-e-Uzzam. The ancestry of the Salar
Jungs is dated back to the Sixteenth century, by the middle of the 19th century
the family assumed importance that five of the family members served as Grand
Viziers to the Nizams of Hyderabad.
Genealogy
of the Salar Jungs
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Coins with Legend "rama rama" and "rama raja"
It is a bit challenging task to write a blog post on these coins with legend “rama rama” / “rama
raja”
There is
a lot of speculation over the attribution made on these coins.
Mitchiner
attributed these coins to Vijayanagara Ramaraya whereas K.Ganesh attributed
them to Marathas of Gingee. Many collectors
have different views on these coins.
These
coins are reported from Tirucoilur, Karur and Thanjavur regions of Tamil nadu.
There are
two types of legend seen on these coins and this cannot be disputed.
a. rama rama in
Nagari (राम राम)
b. rama raja in
Nagari. (राम राज)
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Pudukkottai Amman Kasu
The
Amman Kaasu of Pudukkottai is a coin of small denomination. It is a unique
coin which was issued only by the Pudukkottai State of South India.
Following
are the different varieties in this coinage:
The second
coin is different from others as the right leg of the goddess is placed down in
contrast to others. The last two coins are machine struck.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Thanjavur Nayaks
Sevappa Nayak :
Achuthappa Nayak :
Raghunatha Nayak:
Legend
coins of Thanjavur Raghunatha Nayak
Vijaya Raghava Nayak:
Sri Alagiri:
Sri
Alagiri coin of Thanjavur Nayaka KingdomSunday, October 4, 2015
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