Roman, Greek Or ? | Another Travancore

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malibu Valued Member Canada 304 Posts	Posted 08/05/2008 12:19 pm Can anyone help ID this (5.5 mm diameter): Image Insert: Image Insert: Edited by Sap 08/06/2008 08:39 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16827 Posts	Posted 08/05/2008 6:37 pm Quote: Roman, Greek or ? Neither, and again it's crudely struck, but not ancient. This one's another tiny coin from Travancore. This one's a silver chuckram like this one, I believe. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
malibu Valued Member Canada 304 Posts	Posted 08/06/2008 3:57 pm Thanks Sap, the one you linked and this one... http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=11699 ...are both nearly identical to mine on the obverse. The reverse of my coin is nearly blank which I thought might be a mint error but there are others like it: http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=11695 I pored thru the India Native States coins in my 1979 Krause and could not find anything closer to the coins of Travencore, so I must have a variation Chuckram and will classify it as "India-Native States-Travencore-Chuckram (16 cash) Regular Issues of Rama Varma IV (1860-1880)-Silver 6.0mm worth about $2.00, KM#8". Amazing! Until now I'd never even heard of Travencore... Report this Post to the Staff
malibu Valued Member Canada 304 Posts	Posted 08/06/2008 4:16 pm Here is a better example I think: http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=18138 which refers to "Rama Varman V" as the ruler from 1860-1880, whereas Krause (1979) reads "Rama Varma IV, AD 1860-1880", so I am going with the zeno.ru spelling and number on this, assuming it is correct. I also now see I have a "sprig of foliage" on the obv, meaning my Chuckram is definitely a Rama Varman variety. Report this Post to the Staff
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