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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 4798433, member: 112342&quot;]Aureus of Augustus, Caligula, and Nero found in the Pudukottai (Pandya kingdom) of the Tamil region from trading with the Romans! The slashes on the emperor&#039;s faces are contemporary to denote that they did not have any control over the land that they&#039;re using the coins for local trade.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165189[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_ancient_Tamil_country#:~:text=In%20the%20declining%20period%2C%20cotton,%2C%20coral%2C%20wine%20and%20topaz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_ancient_Tamil_country#:~:text=In%20the%20declining%20period%2C%20cotton,%2C%20coral%2C%20wine%20and%20topaz" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_ancient_Tamil_country#:~:text=In the declining period, cotton,, coral, wine and topaz</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165192[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Tamil kingdoms have also issued their native coins inspired by Roman denari (along with imitating Roman coins)! These following extremely rare types (only examples) from the Chera kingdom depict the king&#039;s face with the Tamil Bramhi inscription stating their names Kuttuvan Kotai(1) and Makkotai(2), however, the standard Chera coins(3) are in a square shape with elephant and their symbol bow (fish and tiger for Pandyas(4) and Cholas(5)), and they lack any letterings.</p><p>(1) [ATTACH=full]1165183[/ATTACH]</p><p>(2)[ATTACH=full]1165185[/ATTACH]</p><p>(3)[ATTACH=full]1165186[/ATTACH]</p><p>(4)[ATTACH=full]1165187[/ATTACH]</p><p>(5)[ATTACH=full]1165188[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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