(1609 - 23) Madurai Kingdom - Copper Kasu - Muthu Veerappan Nayaka

Sri Vira Coin - Minted during the rule of Muthu Virappa Nayaka 1609- 1623 C.E.

““ Copper coins with the same legend are found in endless numbers and varieties in Madhura. But no second specimen in silver is known. Sir W. Elliot attributed two copper coins of this series (Nos. 94 and 95) to the Kakatiyas or the Reddis. But, though the legend of these coins is engraved in Telugu characters, their finding place, Madhura, forces us to connect them—as was first done by the Rev. E. Loventhal in his Corns of Tinnevelly, Madras, 1880, p. 20—with the only Telugu dynasty which is known to have resided there, viz., the Nayakas. The legend SRI VIRA may refer to, and may have been started by, one of the four different Nayakas who bore the name Virappa.”?” (thanjavur P44)