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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 20250019, member: 112342&quot;][ATTACH=full]1540377[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Well I&#039;m sorry for clickbaiting you into a niche topic, but I&#039;d love to share my newest acquisition!</p><p>A rare Pandyan issue with some interesting elements, on the obverse there&#039;s the unassuming Chola style standing king, but the party is on the reverse with a couple of fishes in the middle surrounded by the legends Ellanthalaiyan. Most agree on the issuer being Jatavarman Sundara Pandya 1251 CE–1268 CE, however I think this belongs to his successor Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan (1268 – c. 1308 CE) who in 1279 put an end to the Chola dynasty and further conquered the whole of south India,&nbsp; and thus the title Ellanthalaiyan( Ellam (all/everyone) -thalaiyan (leader), meaning &#039;Leader of all&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540378[/ATTACH]</p><p>Madurai mint?</p><p>4.05g</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen many pronunciation/spelling of this title varying from each auction houses and blogs, however I have traced the lettering to the best of my knowledge and got எல்லாந்தலையன் (Ellanthalaiyan), old Tamil script doesn&#039;t have dots, so while it reads Elalaanathalaiyana, people back in the day would&#039;ve still read it as Ellanthalaiyan, but what&#039;s interesting is the letters ந் and த being retrograde (the ones near the tails of the fish), which is curious given how this coin types have used Boustrophedon in their lettering, <a href="https://www.numisforums.com/topic/1218-%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%B7%CE%B4%CF%8C%CE%BD-%E0%AE%88%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A9-%F0%9F%A4%93/#comment-21266" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisforums.com/topic/1218-%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%B7%CE%B4%CF%8C%CE%BD-%E0%AE%88%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A9-%F0%9F%A4%93/#comment-21266" rel="nofollow">as explained in detail</a> by Quant Qeek.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pandya empire at it&#039;s greatest extent after defeating their arch nemesis, the Cholas of Thanjavur.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540379[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for reading, and please post you fishes![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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