
Contents: Editor's note. 1. Some observations on the coinage of Andhra Pradesh/C. Somasundara Rao. 2. The British Museum collection of Roman Republican coins found in India/S. Suresh. 3. A coins of Maharathi Sivakupana/R. Gopal. 4. Weights of Kotalingala Coins/D. Raja Reddy. 5. Some early coins from Phanigiri-- a study/T.S. Ravishankar and K. Munirathnam. 6. Changes in the alphabet 'MA' on Satavahana portrait coins/Shasikant G. Dhopate. 7. Sangam Age Chera Silver Coin with a portrait and Roman type Helmet/R. Krishnamurthy. 8. Some interesting coins from Banavasi/K. Ganesh, M. Girijatathy and S. Rajavelu. 9. Pallava Coins found in Sri Lanka/Senarath Wickramasinghe. 10. A Gold Gadyana of Kadamba Chief Nigalankamalla/M. Nithyananda Pai. 11. Removing the Cobwebs from the Spider on Venad Coins/Beena Sarasan. 12. Standing Garuda on the Tortoise type Padmanabha Coin/Jee Francis Therattil and Austin Jose H. 13. Some imitation Venetian Coins and dies from South India/Mahesh Jambulingam. 14. Symbols on coins of Vijayanagara Empire : propaganda and power/Barbara Mears. 15. A coin depicting Goddess Kamakshi of Kanchipuram/D. Sankaranarayanan. 16. Coins of Belur and Channapattana Chiefs/M. Nithyananda Pai. 17. A Gandaberunda Panam of Ikkeri Nayakas/M. Girijatathy. 18. Unpublished Portuguese Quarter Bazarucos from Kochi Mint/Jee Francis Theratil. 19. Chiuli or Chuli Fanams of Ramnad/Barbara Mears. 20. Half Varaha of Chikkadeva Raja Wadeyar/M. Girijatathy. 21. Mughal Gold Coins in the Tirumala -- Tirupati Treasury/Mir Fazaluddin Ali Khan. 22. Analysis of some ancient and medieval coins and lead ores by XRD and XRF Methods/K. Ravikumar, A. Hussain, B. Sridhar and D. Raja Reddy. 23. Four coins of Krishnaraja Wadeyar-II/M. Girijatathi. 24. A chequered Gold Coin of Krishna Raja Wadeyar-III/B. Kashi Vishwanatha Naik. 25. Evolution of Asaf Jahi Coins/D. Raja Reddy. 26. Two Travancore pattern sovereigns/Benjamin Bream. 27. Numismatic Studies in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in India/D. Raja Reddy. 28. A note on the coin term 'Ruka'/C. Mahadeva. 29. Some coin terms from Tamil Sources/Nellai Nedumaran. 30. News and views/D. Raja Reddy and Srinivasan Srinivasan. Book Reviews/A.V. Narsimha Murthy. Contributors to this volume.
"This volume, eighteenth in the series, contains thirty papers. Some of the topics dealt by the authors are: the coinage of Andhra Pradesh; Pre-republican Roman coins from India in the British Museum; analyses of the weights of copper and lead coins found at Kotalingala; the changes in the alphabet 'ma' on silver portrait coins of Vasisthiputra Sivasri Pulumavi; an unique Sangam Age Silver Portrait Coin; Pallava coins found in Sri Lanka; dies used for making imitation Venetian Ducats; analysis of the Mughal Gold Coins in the necklaces adorning Lord Venkateswara Tirumala Temple; results of the analysis of some ancient and medieval lead coins and lead ores; the evolution of Asaf Jahi Coins; the Chiuli Fanams of Ramnad and the significance of the symbols found on the Vijayanagar Coins.
Apart from these, the other papers in this volume deal with unnoticed coins of; Maharathi, Ikshvakus and Vishnukundins from Phanigiri, Chutu-Pallavas, Kadambas, Chiefs of Banavasi Area, Belur and Channapattana, Venad Rulers, Ikkeri Nayaks, Portuguese, Wadeyars and Travancore Rulers, besides a coin depicting Goddess Kamakshi of Kanchipuram." (jacket)