Damma - Rana Hastin Chaulukya Feudatory

Features

Issuer	Chalukya dynasty (Hindu Dynasties)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	900-1000
Value	1 Damma
Currency	Drachm (543-1390)
Composition	Silver
Weight	0.49 g
Diameter	9 mm
Thickness	0.7 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 198332

Obverse

Elephant walking right, within dotted border.

Reverse

Early Nagari legend in two lines: "Sri Rana / Hasti (Hastiya)".

Translation: King Elephant

Edge

Plain

Comments

Fishman/Todd# U8; Mitchiner 1979# 299ff; SKU# Q88-49320

Initially attributed to Maharaja Hastin (ca. 475-515) of the Parivrajaka family by Rapson (1897) and Mitchiner (1979), but recent researches by Fishman and Todd suggest that the "Rana Hastin" was an honorific title of an unknown 10-11th century ruler of the Chaulukya feudatory in Gujarat or Rajasthan, especially since his coins are found hundreds of kilometers away from Bundelkhand, the domain o the Parivrajakas.

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