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1 Kasu
| Issuer | Madurai, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1469-1476 |
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| Diameter | 14 mm |
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| Reverse description | A centrally placed royal sceptre with a voluted or scroll finial rising above the shaft, flanked on either side by a fish in profile facing outward, all rendered in bold low relief within a plain field. The two fish and the sceptre together constitute the dynastic emblems of the Pandya-derived rulers of Madurai, symbolizing sovereignty and royal authority. No inscription or border is present. The design is characteristic of the schematic, hammered style of 15th-century South Indian copper kasu coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (1469-1476) - Banas of Madurai |
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The Madurai Sultanate had collapsed by 1378, absorbed into the expanding Vijayanagara Empire, and the kasu denominations struck under subsequent Vijayanagara-allied rulers represent one of the more administratively fragmented coinages of medieval south India — local lords operating under imperial suzerainty but issuing in their own name. The window of 1469–1476 falls within a period of persistent succession disputes among Madurai's governors, which may account for the relative difficulty in attributing specific types to individual rulers with confidence.