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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spaniard, post: 4047076, member: 90248&quot;]Picked up these two Lead double Karshapanas recently..</p><p>Thought I&#039;d share them and any extra info welcomed..</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a great deal of controversy over these coins as to whether they were from the Ananda Dynasty or the Chutas. Also the reading of the script seems to be all over the place....So I&#039;ll stick with Mitchiner&#039;s desciption.</p><p>Here&#039;s an interesting link...</p><p><a href="https://coins.techcollections.info/2015/09/lead-coins-of-chutus-of-banavasi.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.techcollections.info/2015/09/lead-coins-of-chutus-of-banavasi.html" rel="nofollow">https://coins.techcollections.info/...anavasi.html</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1061300[/ATTACH] </p><p>Top coin..</p><p>Chutas of Banavasi ..</p><p>Rajno Mulanandasa....Lead double Karshapana 30mm and 13.40gr...AD 125-345</p><p>Obverse..2 tiered hill of small arches surmounted by a large arch (8 arched Chaitya,stupa)?, river flowing below. Brahmi legend around..&#039;Rano</p><p>Mulanandas&#039;.(Elongated LA)</p><p>Reverse..12 Railed tree with Triratana to the right.</p><p>Mitchiner ACW 4971 - 4972</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom coin</p><p>Rajno Mulanandasa....Lead double Karshapana 27mm and 15.03gr...AD 125-345</p><p>Obverse..2 tiered hill of small arches surmounted by a large arch (8 arched Chaitya,stupa)?, river flowing below. Brahmi legend around..&#039;Rano</p><p>Mulanandas&#039;.</p><p>Reverse..Railed tree with 2 symbols either side..Srivatsa, Indra-dhvaja,</p><p>Swastika, Triratana.</p><p>Mitchiner ACW 4971 - 4972</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse symbols...</p><p><b>Srivatsa</b>..A mark on the chest of Vishnu..Beloved of Sri (The goddess Lakshmi</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Indra-dhvaja</b>..Standard/Flag of the god Indra.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Swastika</b>..Symbol of prosperity and good fortune.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Triratna</b> ?..Represents the 3 jewels of Buddhism..The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha....Note this symbol is also described on many references as the Nandi-Pada (Taurine)The foot of Nandi</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d really appreciate any feed back especially related to the difference in the &#039;LA&#039; symbol at 12 O&#039;clock obverse.</p><p>Thanks Paul[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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