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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spaniard, post: 2873891, member: 90248&quot;]I&#039;ve been spending some time trying to figure out the lay out and symbols on these coins.I hope this will allow beginners and collectors alike to look at these coins in a different light.</p><p>I&#039;m going to start with the <b>obverse</b>...Here goes..</p><p>These copper coins known as Kaserah or Punchshi normally come it at around 18mm in dia and weigh a hefty 5,5- 6 grams but I feel the flan is a lot smaller than the punch and die and I&#039;ve never seen one that has accomodated the full design.Hopefully I&#039;ll be able to show you what I think was the full design of these coins.The coins I&#039;ll be using as examples are from the Utpala and the first Lohara dynasties.</p><p><br /></p><p>Utpala dynasty was a Hindu kingdom which ruled over the Kashmir region, the first ruler being Avanti Varman AD 855 upto the infamous queen Didda Rani in AD 1003</p><p>The first Lohara dynasty were Hindu rulers too the first ruler being the nephew of Didda, Samgrama in AD1003 and finshed with Harsa in AD 1101.</p><p>No one is really sure which side is obverse or reverse and it doesn&#039;t have any effect on this research so for ease of explanation I&#039;ll stick with the norm but I&#039;ll add that some descriptions on the net are the other way around.</p><p><b>Obverse</b></p><p>Lakshmi (Ardoxsho) the goddess seated with rulers legends left and right...</p><p><b>Reverse</b></p><p>The ruler, king or queen, standing sacrificing at an alter.................reverse</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll start with a common coin of Didda Rani from the later part of the Utpala dynasty showing us what most coins show,give or take abit, and what most people see...</p><p><br /></p><p>First lets look at the Obverse</p><p>The arms of the godess have now been replaced left and right of the main body with the legend of the ruler in this instance Sri Didda as seen below.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]687547[/ATTACH] </p><p>Either side of the head of Lakshmi there is flower/sun symbol.At first I thought this symbolised the sun as I had only seen it to the right of the head and fitted nicely with the painting below but after further study found there are 3 of these and so I&#039;m pretty sure they are lotus flowers.The coin above shows this but quite worn,here are some examples from other coins..I&#039;ve also noticed that the size of dots can vary a little,the central one being sometimes bigger or the same as those around it..</p><p>[ATTACH=full]687549[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]687550[/ATTACH] </p><p>Next the head..In the picture below we can see her headress adorned with jewels and surrounded with an aura this external form can be seen on the coins here&#039;s some examples</p><p>[ATTACH=full]687551[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]687552[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]687553[/ATTACH] </p><p>On these coins Lakshmi is depicted sitting on a lotus stem, right leg folded under and left leg hanging.Here you can see the pink legs, red robes and green lotus stems.The smaller 3rd and 4th photos show the 3 lotus stems quite clearly and bottom right shows another group of stems or a flower?.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]687554[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]687555[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]687557[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]687558[/ATTACH] </p><p>Continued in next thread[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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