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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4341162, member: 99456"]Thanks, 5 years later, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]. I am reviving this thread after it helped me to confirm the identity of this rediscovered coin in my collection, a Tye 23 the same as the OP coin - previously "unidentified AR jital". Along with this post, <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/bh.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/bh.html" rel="nofollow">your informative page</a> on this family of coins, and this type catalogue from <a href="https://www.academia.edu/356700/Jitals" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/356700/Jitals" rel="nofollow">Robert Tye</a> were useful in decoding.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099801[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Kabul Shahi Kings, Khudrayaka</b>, 850-875 AD</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Brama Bull Nandi recumbent left, Tamga on Hindquarters</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Horseman riding right, holding lance, two Brahmi <i>aksharas</i> above</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Tye 23</p><p><b>Notes:</b> An <i> ashkara</i> is a minimal articulatory unit for Indic languages. The silver jital was introduced ~750 AD. The Shahi’s were a wealthy Hindu dynasty that ruled in parts of what is today Afghanistan and Pakistan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4341162, member: 99456"]Thanks, 5 years later, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]. I am reviving this thread after it helped me to confirm the identity of this rediscovered coin in my collection, a Tye 23 the same as the OP coin - previously "unidentified AR jital". Along with this post, [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/bh.html']your informative page[/URL] on this family of coins, and this type catalogue from [URL='https://www.academia.edu/356700/Jitals']Robert Tye[/URL] were useful in decoding. [ATTACH=full]1099801[/ATTACH] [B]Kabul Shahi Kings, Khudrayaka[/B], 850-875 AD [B]Obv:[/B] Brama Bull Nandi recumbent left, Tamga on Hindquarters [B]Rev: [/B]Horseman riding right, holding lance, two Brahmi [I]aksharas[/I] above [B]Ref:[/B] Tye 23 [B]Notes:[/B] An [I] ashkara[/I] is a minimal articulatory unit for Indic languages. The silver jital was introduced ~750 AD. The Shahi’s were a wealthy Hindu dynasty that ruled in parts of what is today Afghanistan and Pakistan.[/QUOTE]
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