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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 4773565, member: 112342&quot;]So, in one of my previous posts I showed a Chola error coin which was misattributed as Pandya, but this time, an actual Pandya coin which is much scarcer was being sold as a Chola stater! [ATTACH=full]1162445[/ATTACH]</p><p>On the left is the standard Raja Raja Chola stater (985-1014 AD), while the obverse is the same with a standing king with a lamp to his left, the reverse is different! with the Chola coin, it reads Raja Raja in Negeri script under his arm, however, in the Pandya coin, there is a fish under the king&#039;s arm and the royal scepter to its right! This coin also weighs only 2 grams, while the Chola weighs 4 grams. What&#039;s more interesting is these coins are more than 250 years apart with the Pandya coin being minted around 1268-1308 AD under Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I, after the Pandyas having beaten the Cholas in 1279 and establishing not only their independence but also the subjugation of Cholas. I ordered this coin on eBay back in May which I only received today! It may not mean much to others, but for me having an interest in the rivalry of Cholas and Pandyas since 300 BCE, it means a lot to come across any of their coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>A good example of the same coin that I came across on worldofcoins.eu[ATTACH=full]1162451[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38043.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38043.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38043.0</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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