Gadhaiya Paisa - Chalukyas of Gujarat, north-western India

Features

Issuer Gadhaiya (Indian Northern Dynasties)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1120-1210
Value 1 Drachm
Currency Drachm (543-1390)
Composition Billon
Weight 4.4 g
Diameter 14 mm
Thickness 4 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
55559
References DR# 159
Dillip Rajgor; 1991. Standard catalogue of Sultanate coins of India. Amrapali Publications, Bombay, India.

Obverse

The name of Gadhaiya (Gadhiya) paisa is attributed to the coins of indo-sassanian dynasties and their successors.
The value was equivalent to 1 drachm. Made in Chaulukyas territory from 543 to 753 AD these coins were still produced in the same territory under others dynastys like Gujrat, Malwa, Kandesh, Bahmanis, Salankis, Paramara and Yadavas.
AD 1120-1210, Chalukyas of Gujrat, north-western India, Deyell 159.

Comments

2 new distinctly different variants, as yet unreported in any reference catalog -
1. labeled for convinience "Circle Lip" type, has a circle in place of the lips of the bust
2. labeled for convinience "Lozenge" type, has a Lozenge shape placed behind the bust, over the regular Gadhaiya Ear

1. Circle Lip type

2. Lozenge Type

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