⅛ Silver Kahavanu - Anonymous

The kahavanu coinage of the Chola dynasty emerged during the imperial peak of Rajaraja I and Rajendra I, when the dynasty controlled much of South India and mounted naval expeditions as far as the Malay Peninsula and Sri Lanka. These fractional silver pieces circulated across a trade network that stretched well beyond the subcontract — into Southeast Asian ports where Chola commercial influence preceded formal military power. The anonymous attribution reflects genuine uncertainty about issuing authority within the dynasty rather than a cataloging gap.