Gold coin No. 99: two-headed Gandabherunda bird holding elephants; legend Sri Pratapa Achyuta Raya (Elliot, Coins of Southern India, 1886, Plate III, No. 99 (PDF p. 191 of scan 00074712bsb))

Photograph of the two sides of a small gold coin: a two-headed bird holding elephants in its beaks and claws on one side, a Nagari legend on the other; number 99 above, G below.

Type: Coin
Creator: Walter Elliot, Coins of Southern India (International Numismata Orientalia, 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, Plate III, No. 99 (PDF p. 191 of scan 00074712bsb); described p. 152e and pp. 95-98
Original: archive.org (opens in a new tab)
Appears in: Vijayanagara & the Qutb Shahis, Vijayanagara Empire, Achyuta Raya, Trade & economy