ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the two main concentrations, in the Coimbatore district of south India, comprising almost exclusively coins of the Julio-Claudian period, and along the Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh. The Coimbatore area is also conveniently situated for the Palghat gap, a pass through the ranges of hills running from the Nilgiris in the north, through to the Annamalai and Cardamum hills in the south. Warmington thought that the Pudukottai coins were proof that the Cape was rounded, but the coins in this hoard were all worn, which may be an indication that the coins were circulated for some time before burial, in which case the location would have little relevance. The chapter explores Roman Republican coins from north India, Pakli and Manikyala 1830, and the south, Kallakinar. The spread of Julio-Claudian coins in the Vishakapatnam area is less significant than it appears, since they are all small finds.
