Mysore Kingdom Coins

Description

Devaloy Devaraja (1731-61), regent for Immadi Krishna Raja Wodeyar II (1734-66) Copper kasu, Elephant type, with crescent.

Weight: 2.83 gm. Diameter: 11-13 mm Die axis: n.a.
Elephant left, crescent-like shape above, all within ruled and dotted borders
Criss-cross lines, with circles in the empty squares.

This coin, with its reverse of criss-cross lines, probably was issued at the same time as the Kannada numeral series. The crescent above the elephant may be thought to be the moon, but this is unlikely, given its inverted shape. More likely, it represents the Kananda numeral.