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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 8251142, member: 81887&quot;][ATTACH=full]1453695[/ATTACH] </p><p>India, Saurashtra-Malwa-Gujarat region (?).&nbsp; AR drachm.&nbsp; Anonymous &quot;Gadhaiya Paisa&quot; type derived from Sasanian precursors, early period (c. 800- 950 AD).&nbsp; Obverse: Stylized head right.&nbsp; Reverse: Stylized fire-altar.&nbsp; Mitchiner Non-Islamic States 419-422.&nbsp; This coin: Bought on eBay, February 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be honest, I know very little about this coin or its historical context; I&#039;m sure [USER=98035]@Finn235[/USER] could tell you a lot more than I could, as he specializes in the Indo-Sasanian types.&nbsp; I do know that this design is derived from a Sasanian drachm, and already represents the result of several stages of mutation.&nbsp; The obverse portrait is still recognizable as a portrait, though highly elongated in an unrealistic fashion (even societies that practiced head-binding, like the Hephthalites, are unlikely to have achieved such &quot;conehead&quot; shapes).&nbsp; The reverse fire-altar is also still (barely) recognizable, though I would never guess based on this design that the original featured two human attendants as well.&nbsp; Overall, it&#039;s an interesting little coin, and at $12.50 I was happy to acquire it, even though it isn&#039;t part of my main collecting interests.&nbsp; Please post your related coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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