<ul><li>An early silver kasu of Rajendra Chola (the Chola dynasty, south India).</li>
<li>Original "Seated Tiger" design is (also used in a gold fanam coin) seen.
<ul><li><i>Obverse:</i> Tiger (Chola symbol) seated right faces towards two upright fishes (Pandya symbol) with Bow (Chera symbol) behind and the Umbrella above.</li>
<li><i>Reverse:</i> Uttama/Chola - in Nagari script.</li></ul></li></ul><p>The coin is discussed by C. H. Biddulph in his 1966 monogram on <i>Coins of the Cholas</i>. In his catalog he lists this coin #26 as by Rajendra I (1012-1044 AD) after he assumed the title Uttama Chola. Michael Mitchiner (#713-725) notes that Chattopadhyaya (1977, p53) disagreed.
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<ul><li><i>Coins of the Cholas:</i> C. H. Biddulph, NSI #13, 1966.</li>
<li><i>Oriental Coins:</i> Michael Mitchiner, London, Hawkins Publications, 1978.</li></ul><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="SPECIFICATIONS">SPECIFICATIONS</span></h2>
<ul><li>Denomination - Kasu</li>
<li>Alloy	- Silver</li>
<li>Type - Struck</li>
<li>Diameter - 18.8 mm</li>
<li>Thickness - 2.6 mm</li>
<li>Weight - 4.10 g</li>
<li>Shape - Round</li>
<li>Edge - Plain</li>
<li>Die Axis - 120°</li></ul>
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<ul><li>The silver was scanned at 600 dpi and displayed at 300 dpi. It was purchased on ebay in Sept 2002.</li></ul>