Tirchanapali' on the coin
is modern Tiruchchirappalli. Very rare Mughal style coins were struck bearing
this mint-name after 1693-94 when Mughal forces under Zulfiqar Khān,
pursuing a campaign against the Maratha Chhatrapati Rajaram besieged at Gingee,
threatened Queen Mangammal, the regent of the Nayaka kingdom of Madurai, whose
capital at the time was based at Tiruchi. The queen warded off the Mughal
danger by paying a tribute, some of which might have been paid in the form of
these coins, which were struck to acknowledge her obeisance to the Mughals.