13mm, 0.63 grams. Fishman/Todd "The Silver Damma" #M59. His coinage, slightly lighter than that of his predecessor Shibl, confirms he reigned shortly afterward and introduced a modest two percent depreciation.
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12mm, 0.50 grams. Fishman/Todd "The Silver Damma" #M59. His coinage, slightly lighter than that of his predecessor Shibl, confirms he reigned shortly afterward and introduced a modest two percent depreciation.
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This reference to Mihira on an Islamic coin is stunning. Sri Mihira Deva – “Holy God Mihira” or “Holy Mihiradeva” – is a Hindu deity, identical with the God Mithra or the Vedic Mitra, the Sun-god, particularly venerated in Multan where the important Sun-temple was built in dedication to this deity.
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11-13mm, around 0.60 grams each. Fishman/Todd "The Silver Damma" #M59 or similar (there are a few varieties of these). His coinage, slightly lighter than that of his predecessor Shibl, confirms he reigned shortly afterward and introduced a modest two percent depreciation.
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Cat standing left / Uncertain and unread arabic inscription. 14.5mm, 0.44 grams. Zeno #73549. Rare anonymous and undated pulo, probably from a minor Kipchak or Black Sea area type, known mostly from the Angelinskoye area. As good as they come.
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Inscriptions on both sides: Al wathiq bi'l malik al-multaji abu'l fath ghiyath shah bin mahmud shah al-khalji al-sultan khallada mulkahu. Thick square planchet. Mintless type, from the mint of Ujjain. 21x20mm, 9.14 grams. "The Coins of the Indian Sultanates" M87.
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Earliest of all the Punjabi "damma" series coins, these coins imitated Gupta and Hunnic drachmas. Heavily stylized head facing right within a dotted border // Stylized fire altar with two dashes above the base, Brahmi/ Sharada legend "Sri Tapanasa" ("of Tapana").
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RRR silver damma of Umar I (854-?. 11mm, 0.53 grams. Minted 861-862 CE. It probably refers to the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muntasir (861-862 CE) - the only Caliph afforded such honor on the Habbarid coinage. ).
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RRR silver damma of Umar I (854-?. 11mm, 0.46 grams. Minted 861-862 CE. It probably refers to the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muntasir (861-862 CE) - the only Caliph afforded such honor on the Habbarid coinage. ).
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RRR silver damma of Umar I (854-?. 11mm, 0.71 grams. Minted 861-862 CE. It probably refers to the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muntasir (861-862 CE) - the only Caliph afforded such honor on the Habbarid coinage. ).
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