Vis
A small silver coin of northern Malabar, and probably struck at Calicut. It was equal to half of the Paisa. See Elliot (pp. 57-58).
In some districts it is known as the Vis or Viz, and, while the value varied slight- ly, it was computed at one sixteenth of the Fanam, wherever the latter coin was current.
See Also: Tare
Source: Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)