Venad Thira Kasu with bird and dotted-wheel / pellet symbol M80

An attractive Venad Thira Kasu from Kerala, a small copper coin belonging to the distinctive regional coinage of South India.

This specimen shows a stylised bird motif on one side, enclosed within a dotted border, while the other side carries a circular symbolic design with pellets / wheel-like arrangement. These compact Thira Kasu issues are known for their abstract and emblematic designs, often combining religious, dynastic and local symbolic elements.

The coin has a pleasing old dark patina and retains clear major devices for the type. Pieces of this class are especially interesting to collectors of Kerala coinage, Venad issues and South Indian medieval copper coins.

Region: Venad, Kerala

Denomination: Thira Kasu / Thira Cash

Metal: Copper

Period: c. 1600–1700 AD

Type: Bird motif type

Obverse: Stylised bird motif within dotted border

Reverse: Circular symbolic device with pellets / wheel-like pattern

Condition: Circulated old copper coin with visible primary motifs

The coin shown is the actual specimen offered. Early regional copper coins often show irregular flans, off-centre striking and variation in symbol clarity.