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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spaniard, post: 7333317, member: 90248&quot;]A couple of new additions to my Hindu collection....</p><p>Both are of Jaga Deva and both are ex-William Spengler collection.</p><p>The legend on the coins of &#039;Jagadeva&#039; normally consists of the letter &#039;Ja, to the left and &#039;ga&#039; to the right on the obverse, either side of the goddess, and the title &#039;deva&#039; on the reverse bottom right. This is shown on the first coin below which is basically an upgrade of the more common variety that I already possess..</p><p><b>First coin.</b></p><p>Jaga Deva..1199-1213 AD.....19mm/5.70gr...Die axis 12 o&#039;clock.</p><p>Obverse...Ardochsho (Lakshmi) seated cross-legged facing in lalitasana (with right leg folded under and left leg hanging down), holding diadem in right hand and long-stemmed lotus in left hand, legend in Sharada script, to the left: &#039;Ja&#039;, to the right &#039;ga&#039;.</p><p>Reverse...Highly stylized King standing facing, sacrificing at an altar to the left. Bottom right legend in Sharada script &#039;Deva&#039;....Ex-William Spengler collection.</p><p>MNI..195-96..</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280792[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>The second coin</b> I&#039;m really thrilled to add to my collection as it&#039;s a very rare variant!</p><p>I&#039;ve only been able to find one other example of this type, it&#039;s on zeno...</p><p><a href="https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=135867...." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=135867...." rel="nofollow">https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=135867....</a>.</p><p>I&#039;ve also been speaking with the owner of this example (great guy!) and we&#039;re pretty sure they&#039;re a double die match.</p><p>This coin type shows the entire legend on the obverse with &#039;Jaga&#039; to the left and &#039;deva&#039; to the right of the goddess. The title &#039;deva&#039; is then repeated on the reverse bottom right..</p><p><br /></p><p>Jaga Deva..1199-1213 AD.....19mm/6.22gr...Die axis 12 o&#039;clock.</p><p>Obverse...Ardochsho (Lakshmi) seated cross-legged facing in lalitasana (with right leg folded under and left leg hanging down), holding diadem in right hand and long-stemmed lotus in left hand, legend in Sharada script, at left: &#039;Jaga&#039;, at right: &#039;Deva&#039;.</p><p>Reverse...Highly stylized King standing facing, sacrificing at an altar to the left. Bottom right legend in Sharada script &#039;Deva&#039;....Ex-William Spengler collection.</p><p>Here&#039;s the coin with a break down of the legend....</p><p>This type is unpublished in Mitchiner but is mentioned in Rodgers article plate coin #20...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280796[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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