Need Help Iding Early Indo-Sasanian Or South Asian Gadhaiya Paisa.

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Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 09/26/2016 2:42 pm Hi everyone, I just picked up this very interesting Indo-Sasanian piece or possibly later medieval piece from the Gujarat region. It applears a bit like early Gadhaiya Paisa. However, I am not seeing any kind of match on the few sites on the subject. Any help IDing the general date and location of circulation would be of great help! Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 09/26/2016 10:11 pm It's a drachm of the Pratihara-Pala Supremacy, 780 - 980 AD. Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 09/26/2016 10:57 pm Bob L- Great! Thanks for the help! Out of curiosity, are these farily scarce? It seems like rarely does one see many drachms of this ilk on online auction sites. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 09/26/2016 11:19 pm I agree they don't seem to show up often. Ancientnoob could probably provide info about exactly how rare these are. He's the go-to guy for these more esoteric Eastern ancients. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 09/27/2016 11:35 am You're not going to find much info on them. I am actually including these in a study as a subset of my "big secret" project which I hope to wrap up when the last coins arrive in mid or late October, so stay tuned For the sake of the here and now, I would consider these to be a product of the earlier Gurjara-Pratihara, and of an entirely different evolutionary tree than the Gadhaiya Paisa. My hypothesis is that these are a direct descendant of Sassanian coins, rather than the Hunnic copies. Was this perchance an ebay purchase that just arrived yesterday? I just got mine in the mail, too! Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 09/27/2016 11:53 am Here is a Zeno.ru page with some examples similar to yours, attributed to the Gurjara dynasty in the Jodhpur region. http://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=2973 It's probably from about 550-700 AD. Edited by Finn235 09/27/2016 11:54 am Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 09/28/2016 12:29 am Finn235- Thanks for the help! I really appreciate it. Haha, yeah, it was from ebay. Actually it arrived on the 22nd. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 09/30/2016 4:26 pm Found a little more info.... maybe. Haven't been able to pin anything specific to these coins, but I was able to find a few printed references (no pictures) indicating that the pala dynasty started minting coins of Sassanian style bearing the legend "Sri Vigra" for the ruler Vighrapala I. Ancient sources call these coins Vighrapala-Dramma, but Google searches usually turn up much later coins. I am pretty sure yours bears a legend to the right of the face, but I'm not qualified to read it. Report this Post to the Staff
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