I will start with this weird example.....Bing may have remark about the obverse. AV Pagoda ND circa 1100-1240AD 21mm./4.18g. unknown mint obv. Sri Hanuman seated rev. Floral Spray
I will start with this weird example.....Bing may have remark about the obverse. View attachment 558977 AV Pagoda ND circa 1100-1240AD 21mm./4.18g. unknown mint obv. Sri Hanuman seated rev. Floral Spray
I have a remark all right, but this is a family friendly forum. Generally, I'm not interested these coins, but this one is really, really interesting (especially the obverse). If you keep up posting these kind of coins, I might find myself interested. Congratulations.
Thanks guys....sorry about not giving more detailed info on these Kadambas/ I am really into Medieval Indian coinage/ so figured everyone knew. The period after the fall of the Guptas to the Islamic invasions later in 11th Century/ was a chaotic time with many Hindu kingdoms fighting it out for territory. Eventually, by 1400AD/ only the Vijayanagar Empire remained Hindu/ the rest of India was now under Dehli Sultanate control.
That obverse was so appealing, I looked up to see who Sri Hanuman was...turns out he was a monkey! Very interesting coin
I thought it was a monkey too! That is why I wanted Bing to comment. I remember posting Visigothic tremissis of Tulgan/Egica who resembled "Bozo" the clown, "Kool Aid Man"
Awesome coin, Panzerdawg ... congrats on another amazing goldie!! Ummm, but am I missing something? (the way you insinuated that Bing might have something to say about the reverse, I merely assumed that it'd be something pornographic?!) ... well, because we all know that Bing is a bit off, right? => anyway ... is this the correct ID for the obverse guy? (Sri Hanuman) Oh, or were you insinuating that Bing might like dudes in speedos and tassles? (yah again, I didn't get your inuendo)
Sorry, nothing from the Kadambas in my collection, but I do have a nice depiction of Hanuman on a ramatanka (Hindu temple token):
never heard of these cats at all..what an interesting coin. what the little figure right of hanuman, look like jordan going up for a slam dunk... i was at a coin show last weekend and picked up this little thing of another indian group i had never heard of before, the yadavas of devagiri. from about the same time period as the kadambas and in a similar area even...i can't tell you anymore than wikipedia told me.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seuna_(Yadava)_dynasty anyway, here's the coin...kind of a turd...but there aren't many that look pretty. Yadavas of Devagiri (Mahachandra, 1261-1270AD), AR unit O: lion to right? R: inscription? 10 mm, 2.1 g nice thick little coin however, it's best side it its' edge...
