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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2660751, member: 19463&quot;]I do not usually collect modern coins but this is struck more in the fashion of ancients so I found out what it was before I found out when it was made.&nbsp; Randy sent me the coin as an ID challenge and I was happy to find it but only in the most general sense.&nbsp; What I know came from Mitchiner (Non Islamic volume) where the coin is #1195.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]590171[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Madura Nayakas, Sri Vira coinage, 1530-1736 AD AE kasu 10x12mm 1.67g</p><p>Humped bull reclines right in dotted border / legend Sri / Vi Ra in plain border</p><p><br /></p><p>How you might narrow down the ID to something closer than the 200 years of the Dynasty?&nbsp; The hump (see inset enlargement) seems to have a pattern.&nbsp; Is this just my imagination or is there something there?&nbsp;&nbsp; Does anyone here study these?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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