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AR mashaka - Jajapala Vassals of Kalachuris of Ratnapura
| Issuer | Kalachuri dynasty (Indian Hindu Dynasties) |
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| Year | 1100-1155 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Highly schematized and deeply struck hammered design on an irregular flan, depicting what appears to be a highly abstracted devotional or symbolic motif rendered in bold relief. The upper register features angular, flame-like or weapon-like projections, possibly representing a trident or stylized crown, separated from the lower register by a prominent horizontal line. The lower register displays a recumbent or striding animal figure, likely a bull (Nandi), rendered in a crude but characteristic medieval Indian style. The overall composition is divided by intersecting lines creating quadrant-like fields, a design convention common to Kalachuri subsidiary coinage of the 11th–12th century. |
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| Reverse description | Irregular flan with a deeply struck, schematic design featuring a large central motif rendered in concentric relief lines, suggesting a highly stylized face or floral/lotus device in the central field, surrounded by a beaded or dotted border. Pellets are distributed around the central device, a common feature of medieval Indian regal coinage. The overall style is consistent with the debased and highly abstracted coinage tradition of the Kalachuri vassals, where artistic convention had given way to symbolic shorthand over successive generations of die-cutting. |
| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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