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COINS:
I have found number of coins from my site. The earliest being the first century Coin of Nahapan khshatrap. I am highly indebted to Dr Dilip Rajgor for his help in identifying the coins the following is the list of coins identified by him. Over and above these coins I have fond two most interesting coins, the first is a Byzantine coin of king Constantine and an Arab Dinara of Baghdad. (Both the coins were identified by Resp.Dr Parmeshwarilal Gupta.) The brief description of these coins follows. Table - 1
Image No.
Dynasty
Ruler
Period
Details
Western Kshatrapas
Nahapana
1st Century AD
Karshapana of silver with thunder-bolt type
Bhatrudaman
4th Century AD
Western Kshatrapas
Guptas
Skandagupta
AD 455-478
Fire Altar type, minted in Kutch
Guptas
Skandagupta
AD 455-478
Fire Altar type, minted in Kutch
Rudrasena III
Western Kshatrapas
Saka 270-300; AD 315-378
Dated Saka 28(x)
Early Medieval Not Known Gujarat
7th-8th centuries AD
Goddess on obverse and a seated Goddess on reverse; uninscribed
Guptas
Skandagupta
AD 455-478
Fire Altar type, minted in Kutch
Arab Governors ? of Sind
10th-11th Centuries Ad
Legend in Kufic; very common of Sind & Kutch
The Antiquities
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