A silvered copper alloy Indian temple token (Ramatanka),
Photographer
The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Dot Boughton, 2011-01-14 14:31:34
Title
A silvered copper alloy Indian temple token (Ramatanka),
Description
English: A silvered copper alloy Indian temple token (Ramatanka), 19th-20th century. The obverse depicts Kali Mata and the reverse Krishna Radha. These tokens were used as Hindu festive gifts and votive offerings at temples. After the mid 19th century temple tokens were commercially produced and sold to devotees at pilgrim sites. Diameter: 29mm, weight: 9.78g.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Cumbria
Date
between 1800 and 1970
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1970-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 419745 Old ref: LANCUM-E68441 Filename: THDAE68441.jpg
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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