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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3776654, member: 98035&quot;]Thanks all!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER]:</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin you posted I do have assigned to 1.1.2 on account of the beardless portrait, but I cannot stress enough that my groupings are probably not even remotely in chronological order. I have seen lots of auction houses assign that type (and it does come up from time to time - it is quite distinct as the only type in the entirety of series 1 that has two lines in the upper ribbon rather than three) as an issue of the Chavadas. Maheshwari postulates that based on the shape of the eye, it is a predecessor of my series 1.1.8 &quot;Almond Eye&quot; type. But, based mainly on the fact that no other type has a two-line ribbon, I suspect it is just another evolutionary dead-end.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second type is actually one of the many types of Gadhaiya-derivative, called the &quot;Distinctive Nose&quot; by Maheshwari. He worked off of a large hoard of coins just like yours and noted that there are a considerable number of quantifiable varieties based on the placement of dots on the reverse, and the shape of the ear. His assumption that they were an imitation of the later Malwa type, however is demonstrably false thanks to two important discoveries that show them to be a derivative of perhaps some coin near the middle or end of 1.4.5:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1009371[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have found evidence of about five coins like this one, of which I own three.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the above coin, I highly suspect that the &quot;nose&quot; is in fact supposed to represent a sacred left-spiraling Sankh shell, which would have been touted as a royal treasure by a medieval Hindu kingdom, given the extreme rarity of that mutation and its religious connection - when blown like a horn, the shell gives off a clear OHMMMMMM</p><p><br /></p><p>After this, the face just vanishes, although a vestigial nose can be found on some specimens:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1009372[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The bulk of this series are the coins like yours, which Maheshwari XRF tested and found that they had a consistent silver content of about 1%!</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;Distinctive nose&quot; type is my series 1.6, and is followed by the various &quot;Malwa&quot; types:</p><p><br /></p><p>Horseman battle scene, 1.7</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1009385[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the Malwa type always has a similar &quot;nose&quot; but it always curves back toward the head; perhaps a show of humility if indeed this is the common Sankh shell?</p><p><br /></p><p>After 1.7 comes the Malwa fire altar, 1.8</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1009387[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Then the famous 1.9, OM</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1009389[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And 1.10, SRI OMKARA</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1009388[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>And finally, a brand new type never before published, 1.11, Circle Lips!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1009403[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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