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A Chera coin with legend "Makkotai" A number of coins, assumed to be of the Cheras, which are mostly found in the bed of the Amaravati River in Tamil Nadu, are a major source of early Chera historiography. [24] These include punch-marked coins. Square coins of copper and its alloys or silver have also been discovered.
Kuttuvan Kotai (Tamil: குட்டுவன் கோதை), also spelled Kothai/Kodai, [1] was a Chera ruler of early historic (pre-Pallava) south India. [2] [3]Silver coins bearing a portrait facing right with Tamil-Brahmi legend "Ku-t-tu-va-n Ko-tai" have been discovered from Amaravati riverbed in Karur, central Tamil Nadu.
The obverse of these coins bear the image of the goddess holding lotus stalks, surmounted by two elephants pouring water. Initially these were thought to be votive offerings. but now scholars are unanimous that they were indeed coins. [1] They are early coins of the Chera Dynasty from about 500 BCE found in Kandarodai.
A coin issued by Gaius Caesar - also known as Caligula - decorated with a portrait of the Empress Agrippina and dated to A.D. 37-38 sold for about $9,295, according to the BBC.Another coin, issued ...
Here are the top six coins, ranked in order of the sale price, with descriptions from Stack’s Bowers: 1825/4/1 Capped Head Left Half Eagle: With only three known to exist, this rare coin fetched ...
Epigraphical, numismatic, archaeological and literary evidence have proved beyond doubt that Karur was the capital of early Chera kings of Sangam age. And Kongunadu is only the Chera Kingdom that extended up to the western coast till Muziri in Kerala, South India when the empire was at its peak and which the Cheras made it as their main port city.