Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s16.t2.2

c20.s16.t2.2

| 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. |