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Haidar Ali. 1761-1782. AV pagoda (12 mm, 3.43 g, 3 h). Uma-Maheshwar type. Siva and Parvati seated facing; Siva holding trishul (trident) and mriga (deer) / Persian letter He (for Haidar Ali) within a granulated field. MNI 971; MSI 1046-47. Good very fine.
The Siva-Parvati type of Haidar Ali imitated the coins of the Ikkeri Nayakas, whom Haidar defeated in 1763. They were also the source of the gold that funded this coinage.