10.6. Silver Drachm, ca1030-1120 AD, Chaulukyas

Chaulukyas ca. 1030-1210 AD Anonymous Gadhaiya Paisa Deyell 158

Chaulukyas ca. 1030-1210 AD Anonymous Gadhaiya Paisa Deyell 158. Sasanian style bust right/sasanian style fire altar and attendants. A highly stylized issue based on the much earlier Sasanian silver drachms.

Size: 16 mm

 

Gadhaiya-Derivative Coinage of Chaukyas of Gujarat

Anonymous- Series (1030 AD - 1120 AD) :

1) Ruler : Gadhaiya-Derivative Coinage of Chalukyas of Gujarat
2) Year : 1030 AD - 1120 AD
3) Unit : Unknown , Billon
4) Obverse : Unrecognisable Stylized Sassanian-like bust of king, right.
5) Reverse : Traces of Stylized fire altar.
6) Reference : Mitchiner NIS&WC 419-422 , Deyell - 158

Note:

Indo-Sasanian Drachm
About 15mm billon coin found in the southern states of India.
 
It is of the Chaulukya series of Saurashtra and Gujarat (950-1050AD)
or the Chaulukya-Paramara series of Saurashtra, Gujarat and Malwa
1050-1150AD (Mitchiner 423-430)
 

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