Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s16.t2: Catalogue of Coins with Tamil-Brāhmī Legends
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s16.t2
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Catalogue of Coins with Tamil-Brāhmī Legends
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| No. | Metal | Dynasty/King | Date ca. | Obverse | Reverse | References & Remarks (Fig. Nos. from this vol. in bold) |
| 1. | Copper | Pāṇḍiya. Peruvaluti | 2nd cent. B.C. | Horse to l. with other symbols. Bi-lingual legends: *pe ru va ḷu ti* *pe ru v[a] ḷu ti sa* | Stylised double fish symbol. | R. Krishnamurthy 1987: No. 1; 1997a: No. 8. Acc. to him, the Tamil legend is repeated twice on the obv., and the ending *-sa* is a symbol (triskle), but see M.D. Sampath 1988. |
| 2. | Copper | Pāṇḍiya. Peruvaluti | 2nd cent. B.C. | Horse to l. *pe ru va ḷu ti* | Stylised double fish symbol. | R. Krishnamurthy 1987: No. 2; 1997a: No. 9. See section 4.2.2 on Nos. 1 & 2. (**Fig. 1.22 A**) from A. Seetharaman's collection. |
| 3. | Lead | Local issue from Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka. | 2nd cent. B.C. | Cock to r. | Svastikā symbol. *ma ha cā ta a ṇa* (*mahā-cāttaṇ*) | O. Bopearachchi et al. 2000: No. 17. I. Mahadevan 2000: No. I. P. Pushparatnam 2001: chapter 3, No. 4. Reading in Pushparatnam followed here. |
| 4. | Lead | Local issue from Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka. | 2nd cent. B.C. | Floral design | Floral design. *ka pa ti ka ta la a ṇa* (*kapati kaṭalaṇ*) | O. Bopearachchi et al. 2000: No. 20. I. Mahadevan 2000: No. II. See section 4.6.9. |
| 5. | Lead | Local issue from Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka. | 2nd cent. B.C. | Floral design | Svastikā symbol. *u ti ra ṇa* (*uttiraṇ*) | O. Bopearachchi et al. 2000: No. 21. I. Mahadevan 2000: No. III. See section 4.19.5(iv). |
| 6. | Lead | Local issue from Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka. | 2nd cent. B.C. | Wheel motif | Floral design. *t[i] sa pi ṭā ṇa* [*tissa piṭṭaṇ*] | O. Bopearachchi et al. 2000: No. 37. I. Mahadevan 2000: No. IV. (See this paper on S.Nos. 3 to 6). |
| 7. | Copper | Cēra. Irumporai line | 1st cent. A.D. | A standing personage under a *tōraṇa* and other symbols. *kol-i-p-puṟai* (kolli puṟai) 'Poṟai of Kolli'. | Bow and arrow and other symbols. | R. Nagaswamy 1995: pp. 9-10, Pl. facing p. 106. R. Krishnamurthy 1997a: No. 173. (**Fig. 1.22 B**) from A. Seetharaman's collection. |
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| No. | Metal | Dynasty/King | Date ca. | Obverse | Reverse | References & Remarks (Fig. Nos. from this vol. in bold) |
| 8. | Copper | Cēra. Irumporai line | 1st cent. A.D. | As above with the legend *kol-irumpuṟai-y* (*kol-i* + *irumpuṟai-y*) 'Irumporai of Kolli'. | Bow and arrow and other symbols. | A. Seetharaman 1994: No. 13. R. Krishnamurthy 1997a: No. 174. See section 4.3.2 on S. Nos. 7 & 8.(**Fig. 1.22C**) from A. Seetharaman's collection. |
| 9. | Silver | Sātavāhana. Vāsiṣṭhīputra Śrī Puḷumāvi | 2nd cent. A.D. | Bust of king to r. with a circular legend in Pkt. in Southern Brāhmī script. *rāñō vāsiṭhi-putasa siri puḷumāvisa* | Various symbols with a circular legend in Tamil in Tamil-Brāhmī script. *aracaṇ-ku vāciṭṭi-makaṇ-ku tiru puḷumāvi-ku* (*puḷḷi* added to *ṭ*). | Legends restored from several specimens. See photographs in **Fig. 5.9**. Courtesy National Museum, New Delhi, and Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies, Nashik. |
| 10. | Silver | Sātavāhana. Vāsiṣṭhīputra Śrī Sātakarṇi | 2nd cent. A.D. | As above with the legend *rāñō vāsiṭhi-putasa siri sātakaṇisa* | As above with the legend *aracaṇ-ku vāciṭṭi-makaṇ-ku tiru cātakaṇi-ku* (*puḷḷi* added to *ṭ*). | As above. See section 5.15 on S.Nos. 9 & 10. |
| 11. | Silver | Cēra. Mākkōtai | 3rd cent. A.D. | Bust of king to r. with legend above. *mā k kō tai* (*mākkōtai*) | Blank | A. Seetharaman 1994: No. 14. R. Krishnamurthy 1997a: Nos. 164-171. (**Fig. 1.22 D** from A. Seetharaman's collection.) |
| 12. | Silver | Cēra. Kuṭṭuvaṉ Kōtai | 3rd cent. A.D. | As above with the legend *ku ṭ ṭu va ṉ kō tai* (*kuṭṭuvaṉ kōtai*) The medial sign in *-ku* is reversed; the *puḷḷi* is added to the 3rd instead of the 2nd letter. | Blank | R. Krishnamurthy 1997a: No. 172. See section 4.3.4 on Nos. 11 & 12. (**Fig. 1.22 E** from the collections of Balaswamy Jewellers, Karur. Photograph, courtesy R. Krishnamurthy.) |
| 13. | Lead | Chieftain of a local dynasty. Cēntaṉ | 3rd cent. A.D. | *atiṇṇaṇ etirāṉ cēntaṇ* 'Cēntaṉ, descendant (?) of Atiṇṇaṇ'. | Hills and river motif. | P. N. Mohandas 1968. K. G. Krishnan 1973-74c. See section 4.5.4. |
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