Venad Cheras Battleaxe (c. 1118-1160) MCSI-454

[Quant.Geek]

Venad Cheras.  The batteaxe series of coins (c. 1118-1160). 

MCSI-454

Obv: Seated king in Chola style; to the right a 'battleaxe'; above right - a simplified version of Tamil 'Cha' (ச)
Rev: Standing figure in Chola style; to the right 'Lozenge' symbol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lozenge)

[RG]

Lovely specimen sir.

[Figleaf]

This coin is obviously connected to the coins of the Cholas. What is the connection?

Peter

[naabh4]

Nice coin. Here is a scarcer variety of Venad Cheras, from my collection. Obv is the same, seated king, with battle axe to the right. Reverse, standing king with a fish to the left.

[THCoins]

Bit late to read this thread. Both very nice specimen, but i love the last one with the fish !

[Quant.Geek]

Ditto!  Been meaning to find more of these coins, but it seems to be very difficult to find  .  That is definitely a great specimen!!!

[naabh4]

Thanks! I really love this coin too!

Ram, I vaguely remember seeing a similar Venad Cheras with fish specimen that you had uploaded somewhere. I couldn't find out where it is. Could you please upload it here, if you don't mind.

[Quant.Geek]

That coin was not mine and was added in reference to a discussion on chola and pandya coins.  You can see that thread here:

http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,21665.msg146330.html#msg146330

Ram