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Eighty six punch marked golden coins dated to the Vijayanagara-era were recovered successful an robust cookware erstwhile a radical of workers were levelling an unfastened farmland astatine Sundarampalli colony adjacent Jolarpet municipality successful Tirupattur.
Officials of Block Development Office (BDO), Tirupattur, said that the unfastened onshore belongs to R. Athavan, 55, a farmer. He roped successful a radical of workers to level the unfastened onshore for farming purposes. As workers were removing tiny boulders successful the land, they deed a tiny pot. They recovered a clump of golden coins successful antithetic sizes and shapes.
Workers informed husbandman Athavan astir uncommon coins. The incidental happened connected December 22. “Athavan did not voluntarily springiness the treasure to the District Treasury Office. Residents informed authorities officials and the constabulary astir it,” K. Navanitham, Tasildar (Tirupattur), told The Hindu.
Based connected alerts from villagers, a squad comprising Tahsildar Navanitham, Village Administrative Officer (VAO) S. Murugan, and the Kandali constabulary visited the location of the farmer. Police said that initially Mr. Athavan denied specified findings successful his onshore but aboriginal handed implicit an robust cookware and golden coins to the team. “Archeologists from Tamil Nadu State Archaeology Department (TNSAD) volition measure its practice worth earlier coins are handed implicit to the territory treasury,” said Mr. Navanitham.
Revenue officials besides apprised the find of coins to Collector K. Siva Soundaravalli, who is the custodian of the territory treasury arsenic per the Indian Treasure Trove Act, 1878. As per norms, immoderate treasure recovered 1 ft nether aboveground belongs to the authorities nether the Act.
Archeologists said that coins of assorted metals including gold, silver, and copper were made for 2 reasons. Coins were besides minted chiefly arsenic a mode of outgo for trade.
Archeologists said that golden coins, connected an average, volition beryllium astir 5 milimetres successful size. The golden coins recovered person the emblem of a pig, an carnal depicted by Vijayanagara rulers successful assorted engravings. Coins made during this play volition beryllium circular successful signifier whereas coins successful Sangam property are square-shaped, officials said.
This is the 2nd incidental of uncovering golden coins; 103 Vijayanagara epoch golden coins were unearthed from a Chola-era Shiva temple successful Jawadhu Hills successful Tiruvannamalai successful November.
