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maismoedas Valued Member Brazil 119 Posts	Posted 07/09/2022 2:45 pm Hello everyone I got this coin as a Sasanian from the king Kavad I. The coin is 4,05 gr and 24 mm. I could not find any picture that corroborates that is a Sasanian coin. Does anyone have any information? Thank you all. Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 07/09/2022 2:56 pm Maybe from the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty. This is Finn235's area. Perhaps he'll be by to ID. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 07/09/2022 6:21 pm Early Indo Sassanian, tentatively 1.1.7 "Line Style II"(full series 1.1 in my signature!) Attributing these is extremely troublesome. Stylistically they are still very close to the Peroz I prototype, probably minted around 700, if not earlier. Edited by Finn235 07/09/2022 6:26 pm Report this Post to the Staff
maismoedas Valued Member Brazil 119 Posts	Posted 07/10/2022 11:44 am Hello, thank you for the help. I was checking informations about the Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty and I ended up finding this coin from the Chavada dynasty, circa 570-712 a.D. On Wikipedia it says "crowned Sasanian-style" The date matchs the 700 a.D. do you think could be a Chavada instead Indo-Sasanian? best regards Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 07/10/2022 2:14 pm "Indo Sassanian" covers the broad range of Indian-made imitations of Peroz I drachms minted in India between about 500-1300 AD. It is a type of coinage, not a kingdom (and not to be confused by the Kushano Sassanians who almost exclusively made bronze and gold coins modeled after Kushan types) Wikipedia has some scant coverage on the series but it mostly based off of guesswork based on findspots. The Chavada were one of the earlier kingdoms in Gujarat after the Gujjar people settled down in the area - is is probable that they assisted in the development of these series, but again it is important to remember that these coins are intentionally anonymous and there are no historic anchors for the Gadhaiya type (anepigraphic and highly geometrical) until the 10th century - thus, everything else is just guesswork. Report this Post to the Staff
maismoedas Valued Member Brazil 119 Posts	Posted 07/15/2022 10:00 pm Alright, thank you very much for the help and for the comprehensive explanation about this coin's history. Quite interesting these coins there were minted without big changes by different kingdoms for centuries. Report this Post to the Staff
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