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Jital - Taj al-Din Yildiz Ghorid of Ghazna / Lahore mint
| Issuer | Ghurid dynasty |
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| Year | 1206-1215 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylized equestrian figure of a horseman depicted in profile facing right, rendered in the debased Indo-Muslim jital tradition with bold, schematic strokes. The rider is shown mounted on a horse, with geometric and cursive Nagari-derived legends filling the field above and around the central device. The design reflects the late Ghurid adoption of earlier Hindu Shahi and Ghaznavid coin imagery, reduced to a highly conventionalized form. Traces of a bull or subsidiary motif are visible in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | Three horizontal lines of Arabic inscription in Naskh script occupying the central field, with an additional legend along the upper margin, all set within an irregularly shaped flan typical of hammered copper jitals of this period. The legends reference the ruler's title and name. The script is boldly struck but shows characteristic die-shift distortion at the edges due to the irregular planchet. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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