"Pallava Coins": alloy coin with a maned lion and, on the reverse, a vase on a stand between two lamp-stands (Elliot 1886, Pl. II, No. 49)

Photograph of both faces of a small round coin: a lion with a full mane facing right, and a vase on a stand between two tall standards inside a ring of radiating lines; marked 49 and S.

Type: Coin
Creator: Walter Elliot (Coins of Southern India, 1886) (autotype plate)
Date: 1886
Licence: Public domain
From: Walter Elliot, Coins of Southern India (International Numismata Orientalia, Vol. III, Part 2) (opens in a new tab), 1886, Pl. II, No. 49 (PDF p. 189 of scan elliot-1886-bsb); description p. 152b ("Pallava Coins")
Original: archive.org (opens in a new tab)
Appears in: Ikshvakus, Vishnukundins & early kingdoms, Pallavas, Trade & economy