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SOUTH INDIAN COPPER COINS.
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1:73 (ante, p. 122). This supposition is further strengthened by the fact that, on the obverse of some copies of the coins Nos. 10 to 13 (e. g. on No. 12 of Plate i), we find the Tamil syllable Su, which appears to be an abbreviation of Sundara-Pándiyan. Compare Dé for Devaraya ; ante, Vol. XX. p. 303, No. 12.
No. 14. Visvanatha. M.
(Tracy, No. 9). Obv. Same as No. 13.
Rev. A sceptre between two fishes, surmounted by a crescent and surrounded by the Tamil-Grantha legend :
[1.] Vi- [5.] n. [2.] éva- [4.] da
[3.] nåMr. Tracy, p. 6, took the final Tamil for a Grantha s, and the Grantha group sva for a Tamil va.
No. 15. Ditto. M. Obv. A sceptre between two fishes. Rev. A crescent; below it, the Tamil-Grantha legend :
Visvanada
No. 16. Ditto. M. Obv. A sceptre between two fishes; above them, the Tamil legend :
Pån.
diyan. Rev. The same legend as on No. 15. Nos. 14 to 16 belong to Visvanatha, the first Nayaka of Madura (A.D. 1559 to 1563). No. 16 shows that he wanted to be considered as the rightful successor of the Pandya dynasty.
No. 17. MH. Oby. A standing figure. S 308
VerkaRev. w
tapa. This is a variety of No. 37, ante, Vol. XX. p. 308. .
No. 18. H Oby. Three standing figures.
VerkaRev. 30
[ta]pana( ಯಕ
(yaka). No. 19. MA. Obv. A kneeling figure, which faces the right
(ViRev. rabha(Grantha.) dra.
( ವೆಂಕ
