Rare gold coins go on show at Indian museum
ByA collection of rare gold and other coins has gone on display at a museum in India.
The From Pagodas to Paise exhibition at the Fort St George’s Fort Museum in Chennai, Tamil Nadu includes coins dating back to the late 17th century.
Some of the coins on display include gold pieces from the period of the Madras presidency – known as pagodas – which were minted by kings reigning at the time and feature images such as the three-swami pagoda with Vishnu and his consorts, the Times of India reports.
The pagoda was the main gold coin used in southern India during the 16th century and was struck until the early 19th century.
A range of Indo-Portuguese, Indo-Dutch, Indo-French and Indo-Danish coins are also on display at the Fort Museum, which is run by the Archaeological Survey of India.
“The idea was not only to display rare coins, but also to show a range of coins used during the colonial period,” commented P S Sriraman, assistant superintending archaeologist at the Fort Museum.
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