Gadhaiya paisa, Paramara

Features

Issuer	Gadhaiya (Northern Dynasties)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	950-1050
Value	1 Drachm
Currency	Drachm (543-1390)
Composition	Billon
Weight	4.22 g
Diameter	14 mm
Thickness	2.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 38271
References	Mitch NI# 422 Michael Mitchiner; 1979. Oriental Coins and Their Values / Volume 3. Non-Islamic States & Western Colonies, AD 600-1979. Hawkins Publications, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Style head right; pellets and ornaments around.

Reverse

Stylised fire altar; pellets around.

Edge

Plain

Comments

Indo-Sassanian Gadhiya paisa coins are degenerates of Sassanian silver coins which circulated in Afghanistan and India from the 8th to 11th centuries. These coins are referred as Indo-Sassanian for combining Indian characters with the Sassanian types. Some derive the word Gadhiya from the Ghardabhiya dynasty-which is an Indo-Sassanian family of that name, subsequent to the year 420 A.D. The design of the coin was based on the Sassanian fire altar that was produced about 300 years earlier (Chavda dynasty).
Throughout Sassanid history a freestanding fire-altar was given a prominent place on coinage.

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	Katz Auction 79 Lot 2629	21 Mar 2023	XF	USD 15.00 (EUR 14.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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