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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 8168855, member: 98035"]This is something that I noticed a while but did not click for me until very recently.</p><p><br /></p><p>First off, apologies for what I am sure will be a rambling thread, but do bear with me. I will be diving right in to the meat of my thread, so if you have no idea what the heck an "Indo Sassanian" is, check out</p><p><br /></p><p>Overview</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/indo-sassanian-the-evolution-of-the-gadhaiya-paisa.348516/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/indo-sassanian-the-evolution-of-the-gadhaiya-paisa.348516/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/indo-sassanian-the-evolution-of-the-gadhaiya-paisa.348516/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Deep dive on series 1.1 (last updated a couple years ago; I have a lot more now that are making me think I need to re-visit my scheme)</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/indo-sassanian-coinage-series-1-1-early-types.341648/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/indo-sassanian-coinage-series-1-1-early-types.341648/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/indo-sassanian-coinage-series-1-1-early-types.341648/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Series 1.1 is one of my favorites not only because of the wild and wacky styles, but because no matter how many examples I acquire (and I am up to something like 200-250) I never seem to get any closer to understanding how the evolutionary tree works.</p><p><br /></p><p>Enter a recent purchase of mine -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426553[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A beautiful early type, but I noticed a quite prominent something above the hair bun and behind the ear. It looks like it could be a feather or some sort of plant, and knowing Indian art, a flower seems most likely.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was not on any official coins of Peroz, nor on the earliest imitations of the series</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426554[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Another purchase from very late 2020 also shows it, albeit a little smaller</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426555[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That got me thinking that I needed to check the rest of my series 1.1 to see how many / if any of the other ones have this feature</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears on this one which I had assigned to 1.1.1, being the first series to have both the herringbone dresses and 3 horizontal lines in the upper ribbon</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426556[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It appears only on one that I had assigned to 1.1.2, here it has shifted significantly down, to right above the hair bun</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426557[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is not present on any other 1.1.2</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426558[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It does however show up on some examples 1.1.4, indicating that series is much earlier than I had initially placed it (or else that I had simply mis-categorized them)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426559[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But by far the most important discovery is that it is a near universal feature in both varieties of 1.1.6 - by far the most common series of all 1.1</p><p><br /></p><p>Variety A - detached cheek</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426561[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Variety B - Cheek connected to headgear</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426560[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And finally (as I am out of photo slots for the first post of this thread) a very recent purchase that isn't even here yet, proving that the flower was present at least at the *very* start of Series 1.1.7, a similarly common type marked by a tall, skinny head and angled eyebrow - Seller's photos as I probably will not have this one in hand until nearly March</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426745[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have not observed the flower on any of the "late" types after 1.1.7.</p><p><br /></p><p>My primary takeaway from all this is that my theory is confirmed - that there is no linear track running through any one series, except for whatever series eventually morphed into 1.2. It appears that most series within 1.1 are dead-ends, indicated by the disappearance of this flower. </p><p><br /></p><p>Running short on time, but stay tuned for more![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 8168855, member: 98035"]This is something that I noticed a while but did not click for me until very recently. First off, apologies for what I am sure will be a rambling thread, but do bear with me. I will be diving right in to the meat of my thread, so if you have no idea what the heck an "Indo Sassanian" is, check out Overview [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/indo-sassanian-the-evolution-of-the-gadhaiya-paisa.348516/[/URL] Deep dive on series 1.1 (last updated a couple years ago; I have a lot more now that are making me think I need to re-visit my scheme) [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/indo-sassanian-coinage-series-1-1-early-types.341648/[/URL] Series 1.1 is one of my favorites not only because of the wild and wacky styles, but because no matter how many examples I acquire (and I am up to something like 200-250) I never seem to get any closer to understanding how the evolutionary tree works. Enter a recent purchase of mine - [ATTACH=full]1426553[/ATTACH] A beautiful early type, but I noticed a quite prominent something above the hair bun and behind the ear. It looks like it could be a feather or some sort of plant, and knowing Indian art, a flower seems most likely. It was not on any official coins of Peroz, nor on the earliest imitations of the series [ATTACH=full]1426554[/ATTACH] Another purchase from very late 2020 also shows it, albeit a little smaller [ATTACH=full]1426555[/ATTACH] That got me thinking that I needed to check the rest of my series 1.1 to see how many / if any of the other ones have this feature It appears on this one which I had assigned to 1.1.1, being the first series to have both the herringbone dresses and 3 horizontal lines in the upper ribbon [ATTACH=full]1426556[/ATTACH] It appears only on one that I had assigned to 1.1.2, here it has shifted significantly down, to right above the hair bun [ATTACH=full]1426557[/ATTACH] It is not present on any other 1.1.2 [ATTACH=full]1426558[/ATTACH] It does however show up on some examples 1.1.4, indicating that series is much earlier than I had initially placed it (or else that I had simply mis-categorized them) [ATTACH=full]1426559[/ATTACH] But by far the most important discovery is that it is a near universal feature in both varieties of 1.1.6 - by far the most common series of all 1.1 Variety A - detached cheek [ATTACH=full]1426561[/ATTACH] Variety B - Cheek connected to headgear [ATTACH=full]1426560[/ATTACH] And finally (as I am out of photo slots for the first post of this thread) a very recent purchase that isn't even here yet, proving that the flower was present at least at the *very* start of Series 1.1.7, a similarly common type marked by a tall, skinny head and angled eyebrow - Seller's photos as I probably will not have this one in hand until nearly March [ATTACH=full]1426745[/ATTACH] I have not observed the flower on any of the "late" types after 1.1.7. My primary takeaway from all this is that my theory is confirmed - that there is no linear track running through any one series, except for whatever series eventually morphed into 1.2. It appears that most series within 1.1 are dead-ends, indicated by the disappearance of this flower. Running short on time, but stay tuned for more![/QUOTE]
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