Indian Antiquary Vol 56

SR No.: 032548
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 286
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 13 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
OCTOBER, 1927
No. 3. Number. There is only one coin of this kind. [No. 18 in the Plate. Size. Round but bulging out on four sides. The horizontal and vertical diametere nre
20/24 and 21/24 of an inch. Weight: 55 grains. Description. The legend 'A[ksha]' in Telugu-Kannada appears at the top of the vertical
diameter. Right below at the opposite extremity is found the spear with the hook turned towards the proper right. There are three dots on the proper left of the spear, The symbol 'Sri' is found at the extremities of the horizontal diameter. The inter
spaces are filled with pellets, dots or rows of dots, which probably represent a lion. No. 4. Number. There is only one coin of this kind. [No. 19 in the Plate.) Size. Roughly round, varying from 19/24 to 20/24 of an inch in diameter. Weight. 55 grains. Description. A star surrounded by a number of dots with the moon, which is indicated
by a dot within a circle, is found at the top of the vertical diameter. At the other extremity is found the legend 'kshada' or 'Ksha(pa)'in Telugu-Kannada characters. The symbol Sri' is found at the extremities of the horizontal diameter. The inter
spaces are filled with figures of lions. No. 5. Number. There is only one coin of this kind. (No. 20 in the Plate] Size. Varying from 20/24 to 21/24 of an inch in diameter. Weight. 55.25 grains.
Description. The legend 'na 'inverted in Telugu-Kannada is found at the top of the vertical diameter. At the other extremity we find the spear with the hook and three dots, as found in No. 3 described above. The symbol 'Sri' is found at the extremities of the horizontal diameter. The inter-spaces are filled with figures of lions.
The several legends noted above are all incomplete and until more coins with sufficiently intelligible legends are forthcoming it is not possible to say what they mean. Nnakiti' may probably stand for 'Punyakirti,' and from the existing records we know of no king with such a name. There existed one Chôļa chief Punyakumara? by name who is supposed to have flourished in the eighth century A.D. The coins are similar to the Telugu-Chola coins of the Kôdûr Treasure Trove case and were probably issued by the Telugu-Chôļa chiefs who were ruling in the Telugu districts in the thirteenth century A.D.
III.--Coins of Kavaliyadavalli Treasure Trove Case. In September 1921, wbile some men were grazing their cattle on a hillock near the village of Kavaliyadavalli, Åtmakûr taluk, Nellore district, they were attracted by the glitter of metal, and on close examination discovered some coins on a slab in a potsherd. They are sixteen in number, four big and twelve small ones. These form a hitherto unknown variety and are of some interest, and a closer study of them is likely to give valuable information to the history of Numismatics.
By size, shape and weight and the legend and other marks found on them they group themselves under different heads.
Class 1. These consist of three big gold coins, which are nearly of the same diameter, only varying from 78 to 82 of an inch, and are of the same weight, 55 grains each. The metal is 16 carats fine. They are round-shaped and are of the well known Padmatanka type. They are cup-shaped and bear various punch marks on the surface, the most prominent of which is the symbol Sri' in old Telugu-Kannada script on either side of the periphery at the ends of the horizontal diameter. At the top of the vertical diameter is found in old Telugu script a legend which reads as R[@]yasa' and a portion of 'ma' in coin No. 1; Yasamu' in coin No. 2, and 'Samu in coin No. 3. [Nos. 5, 6 & 7 of the Plate.
vol. XI, p. 344, oticed in Malépádu plates of Punyakumara.