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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2509739, member: 76194&quot;]Yeah, these are common as dirt, but since I discovered the type about a month ago, I&#039;ve wanted one. These appear to be attributed to the Chalukyas, a trio of dynasties that ruled southern and central India from the 6th century through 12th century. If that&#039;s the case, I would imagine it would have to be the Western Chalukyas for this particular coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this might be closest to [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] &#039;s type F. It&#039;s basically a degenerated copy of Sassanian coinage, with an impressionist type bust in the front, and a rather aspirational impressionist version of a fire altar in the reverse. An interesting note, the flans were always too small for the dies, so you need multiple coins to appreciate the design, though mine seems to have captured a fair bit of&nbsp; the main details.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Chalukyas are an interesting bunch. They seemed to have been well organized, built amazing temples and other great architectural feats, and definitely left quite an impact on Indian culture. Anyway, here is the coin in question:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533553[/ATTACH]</p><p>India, Chalukyas of Gujarat.AR Drachm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Crude Indo-Sasanian style bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Stylized fire altar.</p><p>Deyell 158, NI 427.&nbsp; 11th century A.D.&nbsp; 4.22g.</p><p><br /></p><p>It may definitely benefit from a little cleaning, but I think I&#039;ll leave it as is. Now, I know some of you have them too, so show some of yours off.</p><p><br /></p><p>And of course, here is the coin type that inspired the coin above. Hard to believe, but the Indians started with these Sassanians as a prototype, and it eventually degenerated into the design above after 5 centuries or so of tweaking the design here and there.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533554[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kavadh I</p><p>Sassanian Empire</p><p><br /></p><p>* The inspiration that started the march towards what would eventually become the Indian coin above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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