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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 7576938, member: 98035&quot;]I have too many Gadhaiyas.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the main focuses of my collection has been trying to sort out the intermediate evolution of this series (specifically from series 1.2 to series 1.3). After studying enough coins, I thought I finally had it all sorted out, based on two distinctive features</p><p><br /></p><p>At the end of Series 1.2, the flan has already shrunk from the wide fabric typical of Sassanian and central Asian coins to about 16mm, smaller than a US dime, and more in line with a Greek drachm.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1305691[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Important features to note here are that the nose, lips, chin, and beard all blend seamlessly as a row of dots that wraps around the head, and the flame of the fire altar ends as it bumps against the border of the die, without any special decorative elements.</p><p><br /></p><p>Initially thinking that series 1.3 jumped straight from here, I became aware of a further development, now nearly reaching the head shape of series 1.3. Note that an additional dot has been added above the fire altar, but the chin is still detached from the head</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1305683[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Then enter series 1.3 - at the beginning we see the stylish boomerang-shaped head (I imagine that the ruler who issued these looked not unlike Nerva), but the chin is suddenly attached to the head, and the lips and nose have changed shape. There is still an additional dot above the fire altar, however</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1305684[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Then - Viola! the extra dot becomes a vertical line up to the heavens. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1305685[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought I had finally cracked the code - as no coin from series 1.2 (with detached chin) had displayed the vertical line, and this early type of series 1.3 existed both with and without the vertical line, and so must be the immediate successor to 1.2.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then this showed up on eBay...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1305682[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one has a clearly detached chin, intermediate dot-like lips, a crescent nose, and a pretty unambiguous vertical line above the fire!</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps &quot;just barbarous&quot; or else the tip of a bigger iceberg....?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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