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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 6226686, member: 98035&quot;]Spotted this one on sale on ebay about a month ago and won it without too much competition</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245983[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>India, Malwa region</p><p>ca 13-14th century</p><p>BI dramma</p><p>13mm, 3.75g</p><p>Omkara type, OM ॐ only (engraved backwards), JA behind head, stylized conch replaces eye</p><p>Maheshwari T2/2, Finn 1.9.1.1</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the most coveted of the late Gadhaiya types from Malwa, this type boasts the finest engraving and best workmanship of the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is remarkable for two reasons:</p><p>1. It is both more coppery in appearance and about 0.6g too light, indicating that it could possibly be a fourree core, or at least struck in the wrong alloy.</p><p>2. The OM ॐ is engraved backwards, if the fire altar is oriented correctly (as shown) or at least upside down. There are many variants to the OM calligraphy, but no recorded example shows it completely backwards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare to a more typical example of the type:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246130[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I know there are a few of these floating out there- let&#039;s see them![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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