South India but not Chola?

[mauseus]

Hi,

Can anyone help with this 20mm diameter bronze coin from southern India that I've had for a long time now. I had thought that it was Chola but the creatures on the reverse aren't fish or seated panther(?). Instead it looks like a boar plus another unidentified animal (an elephant perhaps).

Any suggestions please?

Regards,

Mauseus

[nogoodnicksleft]

It might still be Chola, see the attached pictures of a coin that is in the Egmore museum in Chennai, the reverse although not exactly the same looks very similar to yours.

[Manzikert]

Hi Mauseus

I think most probably Chola (the obverse definitely reads Sri Rajaraja) but I can't identify the reverse type. There is a 'Vengi' type listed by Mitchiner (Non-Islamic States volume, no.740) with a boar on the reverse but it is a quite conventional one standing on a baseline.

There is an early 14th century Pandyan type which has a crozier between two fish, and if you turn the reverse upside down it looks a little like that type with the crozier standing on three steps???  However, the obverse is a legend underneath an umbrella, so that doesn't help much.

Any chance you could bring it to Cedar Court next week?

Best wishes

Alan

[mauseus]

Hi,

Thank-you both so far.

Yes, I'll try to bring it along next week Alan.

Regards,

Mauseus

[mauseus]

Hi,

Reviving this thread from 2013 because I haven't got any further with this 20mm bronze of Raja Raja of the Chola. Adding a new picture with the reverse oriented slightly differently to the original image. Asking again if anyone can point me to a reference please.

Cheers,

Rich

[Jan P]

Hello mauseus,
I looked on the www under:"Chola Coin Boar Elephant", because I thought the second animal had kind of a trunk.
I fell on this coin:

[mauseus]

Hi,

Yes, I'd seen that type. Close, but not the type unfortunately. And a different ruler too. Sri Raja Raja is readable on mine.

Thanks for trying.

Rich

[Jan P]

Not too quickly ...
I read "Radja" on the found coin as well.
On Worldofcoins forum there is an extensive topic about  Chola coins and a coin with a boar, explained as Kulottunga using Raja rajas' name on that coin. The coin shows a different boar from yours, but the comment struck me.
What do you think?