File:Post-medieval coin , Vira Raya fanam of the Indian Princely State of Travancore (FindID 703791).jpg

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Post-medieval coin : Vira Raya fanam of the Indian Princely State of Travancore
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Hampshire Cultural Trust, Katie Hinds, 2015-02-25 16:36:52
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Post-medieval coin : Vira Raya fanam of the Indian Princely State of Travancore
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English: A post-medieval gold Vira Raya Fanam from the Indian Princely State of Travancore, depicting a boar to the reverse with dots for legs.It measures 7.68mm in diameter, 0.99mm in thickness and weighs 0.39g.
Robert Bracey (Department of Coins & Medals, British Museum) comments 'The coin is known as a Vira Raya Fanam, types like it are produced in South India from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, though the eighteenth is most likely here, and they occasionally end up in the UK as a result of losses from travellers. I have seen various interpretations of the design and the reverse is usually identified as a stylised boar. Michael Mitchiner's The Coinage and History of Southern India no.1203-5 show the same design though they are silver rather than gold'. A better typology of the various typesis in Hans Herrli Gold Fanams 1336-2000, Reesha Books (Mumbai), 1999 where this particular Vira Raya fanam is type 1.32. Herrli is still unable to attribute this particular group but given the group is based on a Travancore type I would use the dates 1800-1900 for it'(pers.comm. February 2015).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 1800 and 1900
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 703791
Old ref: HAMP-A1C768
Filename: HAMPA1C768b.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/507015
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/507015/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/703791
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