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Gadhaiya paisa, Paramara
| Issuer | Paramara Dynasty |
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| Year | 950-1050 |
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| Diameter | 14 mm |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylized and degenerate bust derived from the Sasanian king's effigy, facing right, rendered in abstract form with a pronounced domed cranium and pellet-bordered crescent motif surmounting the head. Flanking the central figure are schematized fire-altar attendants reduced to sinuous scroll and pellet devices. The surrounding field is filled with degraded Brahmi-derived ornamental elements and linear strokes, all enclosed within a pellet border, characteristic of the late Gadhaiya paisa coinage tradition. |
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| Reverse description | Highly schematized and degenerate representation of a Sasanian-style fire altar with attendants, the altar rendered as a series of horizontal bars surmounted by a pellet-ornamented arch, with a central hourglass or rhombus device at its base. Flanking diagonal lines represent the stylized attendant figures reduced to abstract strokes. A prominent crescent symbol appears in the upper right field, accompanied by clusters of pellets arranged in triangular groups across the field, all within an irregular flan typical of hammered Gadhaiya coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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