Value 1 Drachm Currency Drachm (543-1390) Composition Silver Weight 0.49 g Diameter 9 mm Thickness 0.7 mm Shape Round (irregular) Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓ Number N#198332
Comments
Fishman/Todd# U8; Mitchiner 1979# 299ff; SKU# Q88-49320Initially 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.
Description
Obverse
Elephant walking right, within dotted border.
Reverse
Early Nagari legend in two lines: \"Sri Rana / Hasti (Hastiya)\".
Translation: War Elephant
Exquisite
Value 1 Drachm Currency Drachm (543-1390) Composition Silver Weight 0.49 g Diameter 9 mm Thickness 0.7 mm Shape Round (irregular) Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓ Number N#198332
Comments
Fishman/Todd# U8; Mitchiner 1979# 299ff; SKU# Q88-49320Initially 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.