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<p>[QUOTE="THCoins, post: 3834782, member: 57364"]The Jitals are a category of coins in silver, billon and copper minted between 750 and 1250AD in the area which is now East-Afghanistan, Pakistan and North-West India. These coins are derived from, or related to, the Bull and Horseman coins which were minted under the Shahi of Kabul. The basic design of these coins, with a bull on one side and a mounted horseman on the other, formed the archetype for the coinage for daily use in the area for circa 500 years.</p><p>At the time these coins probably were not all called Jitals. The use of the name as a category mainly has a numismatic grouping purpose.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below an example of a very early type from the Kabul region:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018808[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="THCoins, post: 3834782, member: 57364"]The Jitals are a category of coins in silver, billon and copper minted between 750 and 1250AD in the area which is now East-Afghanistan, Pakistan and North-West India. These coins are derived from, or related to, the Bull and Horseman coins which were minted under the Shahi of Kabul. The basic design of these coins, with a bull on one side and a mounted horseman on the other, formed the archetype for the coinage for daily use in the area for circa 500 years. At the time these coins probably were not all called Jitals. The use of the name as a category mainly has a numismatic grouping purpose. Below an example of a very early type from the Kabul region: [ATTACH=full]1018808[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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