Posted 06/20/2017 3:03 pm
Nice coins.
I am not sure about the attribution of the first one... if you bought it from ancientcoins.ca, they are trustworthy. Whatever meaning the punches had is lost to history; it is generally accepted that the single punch on the reverse indicated the king. In dating punchmarked coins, size and shape are irrelevant, the dies were prepared by hammering out a huge sheet of silver, eyeballing it into little squares or rectangles, and then clipping it down to weight.
Your other two are Indo-Sassanian coins from Gujarat, roughly 900-1200 AD. They are usually attributed to the Chaulukya dynasty. You can click through to my write-up on the series in my signature.
Second coin is a regular "Gadhaiya Paisa" and is one of the most common types. It looks genuine; the edge cracks are a good sign. I would consider this to be an early intermediate style; the flan is smaller than the earlier types, but the artwork is not sloppy yet. Is there a tiny line through the eye dot?
Third coin is my avatar's brother and one of my favorite designs in the series! I recon it to be earlier than the Chaulukyas, maybe of the Chavdas, but probably not much earlier than 800 AD. It is a much scarcer coin and in very nice condition.
Reference books on these coin types are rare and expensive, hence my motivation to write my own. You can check out:
Imitations in Continuity, by K.K Maheshwari (about $90)
Living Without Silver, by John Deyell (about $500)
Oriental Coins and Their Values: Non-Islamic States and Western Colonies, by Michael Mitchener (about $200)
I am not sure about the attribution of the first one... if you bought it from ancientcoins.ca, they are trustworthy. Whatever meaning the punches had is lost to history; it is generally accepted that the single punch on the reverse indicated the king. In dating punchmarked coins, size and shape are irrelevant, the dies were prepared by hammering out a huge sheet of silver, eyeballing it into little squares or rectangles, and then clipping it down to weight.
Your other two are Indo-Sassanian coins from Gujarat, roughly 900-1200 AD. They are usually attributed to the Chaulukya dynasty. You can click through to my write-up on the series in my signature.
Second coin is a regular "Gadhaiya Paisa" and is one of the most common types. It looks genuine; the edge cracks are a good sign. I would consider this to be an early intermediate style; the flan is smaller than the earlier types, but the artwork is not sloppy yet. Is there a tiny line through the eye dot?
Third coin is my avatar's brother and one of my favorite designs in the series! I recon it to be earlier than the Chaulukyas, maybe of the Chavdas, but probably not much earlier than 800 AD. It is a much scarcer coin and in very nice condition.
Reference books on these coin types are rare and expensive, hence my motivation to write my own. You can check out:
Imitations in Continuity, by K.K Maheshwari (about $90)
Living Without Silver, by John Deyell (about $500)
Oriental Coins and Their Values: Non-Islamic States and Western Colonies, by Michael Mitchener (about $200)
