500-1200 AD, India Bronze 985-1014 kahavanu, Raja Raja I , Cholas of Tanjore, Southern India

A standing man holding a Conch on right hand, various dots, crescents and other devices around // A sitting man with Conch on right hand, legend in Nagari Sri Rajaraja. 16mm, 3.54 grams. Mitchiner 735ff; Numista 374527; K.Ganesh The coins of Tamil Nadu #1.19 or similar; Zeno 329975.

This denomination is variously given the name "massa", "kahavanu" or "kasu", among others.

Like the coins of the Kingdom of Kashmir, this coin of the Cholas from the South of India follows a prototype of late Kushan coins, with a sitting figure on one side and a standing one on the other, both drawn in lines. This type was copied in Ceylon were it became known as the "Ceylon-man" or "Octopus-Man" type.

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