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Ancient India: Medieval Sindh - Sasanian-inspired coinage, probably struck under Pratihara contempor

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money / Indian Coins - Ancient Start Price:NA Estimated At:100,000.00 - 125,000.00 INR
Ancient India: Medieval Sindh - Sasanian-inspired coinage, probably struck under Pratihara contempor
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Medieval Sindh - Sasanian-inspired coinage, probably struck under Pratihara contemporaries as Sasanian vassal, base gold dinar, (c.600-700AD), unpublished in major sources, 7.09g. Obv: diademed bust of king wearing elaborated horned
crown, proto- Nagari legend Shri Hoshraruka in front. Rev: Sasanian-style fire altar with two attendants; sun and crescent flanking the flames.

Good very fine, Very rare.

Not much is known about coins of this series, which on the basis of palaeography can be dated to c. mid. 7th - early 8th century. The Gurjara -Pratiharas were in the ascendant around this time and the Pratihara king Nagabhata had repelled some early Arab invasions on his Western borders. The coins are clearly inspired from Sasanian prototypes and were probably struck by a local dynasty when the Sasanian Empire had been in decline.