Om- The Last Sassanid Bust!

Amazing finds.

Why did they seek to imitate the obverse coin of the Sasanian kingdom, was that kingdom and its coinage seen in India as a " de rigueur" example?
I know that by the date of these examples, the exiled Zoroastrian Persians (Parsees) were established in Western India, such as Gujarat and the Maharashtra, especially the city of Mumbai.

At the same time, in Anatolia, the Seljuk Sultans bore names such as "Khusru".

Masis-

I think the answer as to why they chose a Sassanid style bust is just that. The drachms of Peroz circulated among the Hunnic tribes for centuries in Asia prior to the fall of Persia to the Arab invaders. The drachms of Khusro were also circulated in Asia and widely copied by the early Muslim rulers, but imitations of such circulated in India for many centuries beyond the Muslim coinage reform that brought you the text based coins so often seen.

I think you hit the nail on the head, with your statement. These just "looked' like a coin, a bust on one side and an altar on the other, 4 grams and silver, good enough to get you what you wanted.

I think by the time the Omkara coin was minted the meaning of the Zoroastrian fire altar and AhuraMazda and the name of the king on the obverse had been lost to time. The Persian exiles had long mingled with native populations had fallen under the denomination of numerous heathen tribes. I am sure in the Muslim world at this time some remnant of the accomplishments of Persia remained. I do not believe this was the case in India, long cut of by the various Huns that dominated the lands as well as the barrier created by the Kshatrapas and Guptas of the centuries before.

Ski-
Mission Accomplished...

Well as far as completing a set Like the Roman Emperors that is a lofty goal. Think of it as having a Zeno. I have many of the representative types but as far as having them all, well I don't think any one has them all. there are many, super expensive intermediate types. I have 90% of them I would say. Many just one of each period. A nice spread will show the degradation of the type.

two more cool ones I haven't seen! I can still make out the head but the fire altar is very abstract..neato.

In the centuries leading up to the fall of Persia, Persian coins were circulated as well as imitated all over Asia. By the time the OP post coins were circulating the Huna were nothing more than a drop in the vast sea of time. The Huns that had been separated from the other tribes, had long mingled with the many migratory peoples that's inhabited India at that time. Persian coins circulated as far as China, but the style did not take hold there, as it did in India. The subsequent invasions of Muslims and their various dynasties shaped the Iranian speaking peoples up until the present day. Nothing remains of the source cultures, or original homelands. I urge you to check your drop box, there is a great dissertation on the subject. Probably the best I have ever read. I must also credit it for feeding the beast.

If anyone is interested and has a drop box account feel free to PM me.

Interesting catch Anob! You have become quite the expert on Indian coins

Well, you'd be the first person on here that Id ask if I needed help with an Indian coin