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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;icerain, post: 2686149, member: 34514&quot;]I&#039;m telling you, the next worst thing to browsing coins while drunk is browsing coins while half asleep. So in my last bout of insomnia, I got up in the middle of the night and started my dangerous trek. I knew how small Indian Fanams are but my brain couldn&#039;t process anything logical at the time. The only thing I knew was, next morning when I woke up I was like &quot;what just happened?&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Well at least they&#039;re pretty to look at.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92703a_a47074c12b1b48f1a0e00a34354e3167~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_500,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/92703a_a47074c12b1b48f1a0e00a34354e3167~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="5">Rajahs of Cochin: Anonymous Gold &quot;Vira Raya&quot; fanam. Later type</font></p><p>o: Stylized boar standing right</p><p>r: Stylized lion <i>(sardula)</i> standing right, crescent above. Additional dot above lion&#039;s head.</p><p>1600-1750</p><p>0.39 gm.</p><p>9 mm.</p><p>MNI 1129 <i>var</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/92703a_fa0525893f5c4818834333e9232c0a36~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_500,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/92703a_fa0525893f5c4818834333e9232c0a36~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><i><font size="5">MYSORE, Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-1868): Gold &quot;Kanthirava&quot; fanam, late degenerate style</font></i></p><p><i>o: Narasimha (Lion-faced Vishnu) seated facing, holding a <i>chakra</i> in each upper hand. </i></p><p><i>r: Degenerate legend </i></p><p><i>1799-1868</i></p><p><i>0.32 gm.</i></p><p><i>7 mm.</i></p><p><i>MNI 1029</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>and is it just me or does that look like a duck instead of a lion? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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