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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3769084, member: 98035&quot;]So, I freely admit that I lost steam on my write ups on Indo Sassanian coinage a while back. That does not mean, however, that I have stopped scouring weekly ebay listings for more coins to fill in those last few elusive gaps. In particular, I have been working to close the gap between series 1.4 (the common Gadhaiya) and 1.5 (the dumpy Vaghela type that has no eye).</p><p><br /></p><p>This one fit the bill, but unfortunately brought forth more questions than answers. I have not yet decided how to classify it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gadhaiya Paisa, late series 1.4</p><p><b>19mm</b>, 4.42g</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008462[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s so special about this one?</p><p><br /></p><p>For starters, it&#039;s HUGE. The bulk of these coins are about 14-15mm with a few outliers up to 16-17mm. Comparison shot:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008471[/ATTACH]</p><p>Late Gadhaiya are on the left, early Vaghela on the right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, the reason I bought it in the first place is that this coin displays the line going through the pupil - the enigmatic feature present on nearly all Gadhaiya. It appears suddenly very early in series 1.2, and then fizzles out late in 1.4. There are a handful of &quot;closing&quot; styles in late 1.4, but none of them display the eye line - in fact I just bought the lower left coin a few months ago because it was the latest coin I had seen with that feature!</p><p><br /></p><p>What all this means, I dont know, but I hope I am approaching the answer!</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post anything relevant[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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