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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;THCoins, post: 2004005, member: 57364&quot;]Both in Western and Eastern cultures there have been series of coinage that have been in use over centuries. One of these types is the gadhaiya paisa from Northern india. Originally based upon the Sasanian drachms of Peroz I this became the ubiquitous &quot;silver penny&quot; of the region around the Millenium.</p><p>A fine overview of these was given on the page of Doug Smith: <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/gadpaisa.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/gadpaisa.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/gadpaisa.html</a></p><p>I decided to make my own virtual coin tray of some of my specimen of this series:</p><p>The middle two rows are what are usually considered gadhaiya paisas in the strict sense. The upper row shows some predecessors in its development. the lower row shows two later derivatives. The sasanian fire altar on the reverse has disappeared here. In the coins on the left it is replaced by a battle scene where a horse rider tramples a victim lying on the ground. In the coins on the right the fire altar is largely replaced by a nagari inscription.</p><p>The fabric of these coins changes over time from nice silver on a thin Sasanian style flan to virtually no silver at all on a small dumpy flan.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]359569[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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