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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 7972735, member: 98035&quot;]Coins finally arrived yesterday!</p><p><br /></p><p>Still in the process of sorting, but from initial pass, I was able to determine that two sets of dies were used, and I believe that most are die matches to each other, displaying varying degrees of die wear or damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse I - Good imitation of Gadhaiya type, with head right</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse II - Crude imitation with ear on right and a faint nose, otherwise no trace of face</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse A - Chunky type engraved in thick strokes, altar shaft is a pellet, altar is straight, slightly more spread vertically than regular 1.4/1.5 types, flame has at least two rows of 4 dots.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse B - Fire altar is more finely engraved in thinner strokes, altar base slants to right, shaft is still pellet but pushed to the side, flames are more like a double-rosette, but vertical line is still present!</p><p><br /></p><p>I/A</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1383133[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I/B</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1383134[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>II/A</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1383136[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>II/B</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1383135[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, II/B was the most common, followed by I/A. I/B and II/A were much less common. Weights were all over the place; I weighed a handful and averaged about 4.5 with a range of 3.8 - 6.1!</p><p><br /></p><p>Will be working on categorization over the next few days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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