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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 982059, member: 19463&quot;]Eyestrain&#039;s coin is a nice example of the later outline form of the Samamta Deva coins and shows a lot of stylized drawing of the types which makes me place it late in the Shahi series just before the Muslim conquest but that is at best a guess.&nbsp; It also has nicer surfaces than most I&#039;ve seen.&nbsp; I find interest comparing it to my coin below of the same basic type.&nbsp; Both are as well centered and full flan as any I see.&nbsp; Mine is weakly struck or worn flat on the horse&#039;s rump but shows the character right of the horse more clearly.&nbsp; Eyestrain&#039;s coin shows an unusual letter (bhi) form left of the horseman where the right side overlaps the left while mine is the style usually seen on this most common letter.&nbsp; I still have no idea what was the purpose of that letter; there are other choices but this one is most commonly seen.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it a date, mintmark, dynasty mark or what?&nbsp; Tye 11.2 (a less common Bhima Deva coin) has two bhi&#039;s in the legend: one crossing and the other not so perhaps it is of no importance.&nbsp; While I have 4 books covering these coins to some degree, it appears that such questions have not been addressed.</p><p><a href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/120720802.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/120720802.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/120720802.jpg</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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