Sangam Age Cheras - Square copper coin
Elephant to left, various symbols
Bow and arrow with an ankusa above the string.
Ancient coin belonging to sangam age cheras. Exact period unknown(to me). One of the common sangam age coin.
More on Obverse: Elephand standing, facing left; in front of the elephant there are three symbols; on the left a spear, next to that in the middle a mast with a peacock symbol on its top; above the elephant from left to right we see a srivatsa symbol, a wheel, a conch, sun and a swastika; behind the elephant there is a tree with branches.
Reference: Sangam Age Tamil Coins by R. Krishnamurthy.
Weight: 2.66g
Diameter: 1.9cm x 1.9cm
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