Today marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year of Tiger! and a Happy new year to those celebrating! Sangam Cholas (circa 1st century AD) Obverse features a standing tiger raising its tail, and the reverse has an elephant with religious symbols above, with a horse following behind. If you have trouble picturing it https://imgur.com/ga85td2 Rajendra Chola (1014-1044 AD). Cholan tiger, flanked by the Pandyan twin fish to its right, and the Cheran bow behind the tiger, all under the single rule symbolized by the umbrella. Please post any tigers! (Ancient/modern/bullion)
I've loved tigers ever since receiving my first Calvin & Hobbes book a long, long, long time ago. Here are a couple of my tigers:
