Quality silver fanam (chuckram), ca.1800-47, Travancore Kingdom, South India

Extreme form of a degenerated Kali / Extremely stylized boar. No inscriptions. 7mm, 0.33 grams. Travancore Kingdom mint or another mint on the Malabar coast. Krause C#1; Herrli #1.20.30.

This type was issued in the Kingdom of Travancore in South India. Herrli states that these fanams were minted during the reign of Raja Bala Rama Varma III (1813-1846) and probably for some time after, until c.1860. These coins probably represent a very debased form of a normal gold fanam, since many of these coins show a 4 to 6 karat gold content.

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