Issuing authority
Kingdom of Mysore
- Kind
- kingdom
- Region
- South Asia, Asia
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
6
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
6 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1638 – 1810
6 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (6)
Filter these entries by era, material or confidenceSorted by date, earliest first.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Akhtar from Mysore in India of Kanthirava Narasa Raja Wodeyar I, 1638-1659
1638 - 1659
Copper coin. Obverse: walking peacock with displayed feathers to the right. Reverse: pattern of perpendicular straight lines containing two circles. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3847; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements di…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Pagoda from Mysore in India of Haidar Ali, 1761-1782
1761 - 1782
Gold coin. Obverse: two figures standing side by side [Uma-Maheshvara type]. Reverse: Arabic character H, on a granulated field. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3848; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.1 cm x weight…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Rupee or imami from Mysore in India of Tipu Sultan, 1788
1788
Silver coin. Obverse: three-line inscription in Arabic characters. Reverse: mint mark in Arabic characters in three lines: Patan [=Seringapatam]. On the bottom line at the left, date: 1216 AM [=1788], written from right to left. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3849; its record g…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Mysore, India, Tipu Sultan, paisa or zahra, 1789
1789
Copper coin. Obverse: within decorated border elephant, walking to the left. Above it year: 1217 AM [=1789], written from right to left. Reverse: within decorated border in Arabic characters in two lines mint indication: Feiz-Hissar. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3850; its record gives ma…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Gold fanam from Mysore in India of Tipu Sultan, 1791
1791
Gold coin. Obverse: the Arabic letter character for H. Reverse: mint mark in Arabic characters in two lines: Patan [=Seringapatam]. At the top, date: 1219 AM [=1791], written from right to left. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3851; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); techni…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Paisa or 20 cash from Mysore in India of Sri Krishnaraja Wadiyar, 1799-1868
1810 - 1833
Copper coin. Obverse: elephant draped in caparisons walking to the left. Above it, between the sun and moon, the designation Sri in Kannada script, below which a one-line inscription. Reverse: three-line inscription in Kannada script. Below it, value designation: XX Cash. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this objec…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 17th century1
- 18th century4
- 19th century1
Only the 6 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Copper3
- Gold2
- Silver1
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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