![Lot of 3 bronze kahavanu, Raja Raja (985-1014), Cholas of Tanjore, Southern India](http://www.numismall.com/cdn/shop/files/w56500_{width}x.jpg?v=1712803063)
Lot of 3 coins of the same type. Size is around 16mm-18mm, around 3 grams each:
A standing man holding a Conch on right hand, various dots, crescents and other devices around // A sitting man with Conch on right hand, legend in Nagari Sri Rajaraja. Mitchiner 735ff; Numista 374527; K.Ganesh The coins of Tamil Nadu #1.19 or similar; Zeno 329975.
This denomination is variously given the name "massa", "kahavanu" or "kasu", among others.
This coin was issued under Rajaraja Chola I, a famous Emperor of the Chola dynasty from 985-1014 AD, who controlled parts of the southern India and Sri Lanka. The coin is often called "Octopus Man" because of it's appearance of tentacles.