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)