The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.243

v2.c28.243

(12) *Coins.*— Cunningham in 1862-65 noticed 4 gold (one large and 3 small) and two copper coins of this king.² In his report on his tours in 1874-77 he noticed again one gold *dramma* (61 grains), three gold quarter-*drammas* (15 grains), and a copper quarter-*dramma* (15 grains).³ In 1894 the same scholar described and illustrated these three types of coins of Madanavarman in his *Coins of Mediaeval India*.⁴ In 1906 V. A. Smith in his *Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta*, described one gold *dramma* and two gold quarter-*drammas* of the same king.⁵ So far no silver coins had been noticed. In 1910 however 'a find consisting of 48 silver coins was found in a village named Panwar of the Teonthar Tahsil of the Rewah State.' It consisted of 8 large (about 60 to 62·75 grains) and 40 small (about 14·17 to 16·07 grains) silver coins of Madanavarman. They are 'exact copies' of the larger and smaller gold coins with the seated goddess on the reverse (or obverse, according to Cunningham). '⁶