Modern token: Indian religious token, or Ramatanka
Photographer
Northamptonshire County Council, Steven Ashby, 2007-10-16 11:36:58
Title
Modern token: Indian religious token, or Ramatanka
Description
English: Modern religious token: A 'Ramatanka', or modern silvered copper-alloy Indian temple token, dating from the late 19th or early 20th century.
This token depicts the coronation of Sri Rama. Hindus would have worshipped the token through the application of natural pastes.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Northamptonshire
Date
between 1800 and 2007
Accession number
FindID: 196988 Old ref: NARC-FB2A27 Filename: NARC-FB2A27 indian token.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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