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41
Not Known
Medieval Gujarat
10th-11th Centuries AD
Letters like "Sri" in early Devanagari script
Not Known
Medieval Gujarat
10th-11th Centuries AD
Letters like "Sri” in early Devanagari script
Not Known
Medieval Gujarat
10th-11th Centuries AD
Guptas
Skandagupta
AD 455-478
Fire Altar type, minted in Kutch, very crude type of later date
Guptas
Skandagupta
AD 455-478
Fire Altar type, minted in Kutch, very crude type of later date
Guptas
Skandagupta
AD 455-478
Fire Altar type, minted in Kutch, very crude type of later date
Late Byzantine Coin :
The eastern part of the Roman Empire was known as Byzantine. It existed more or less as a separate entity from the end of the fourth century AD, when the western part of the empire had already collapsed. Its early coins were coming to India through trade and they are occasionally found in South India, though not much is published about them.106 Later Byzantine coins are not reported so far from any part of India. Here for the first time a Solidus of Heraclius (AD 610-41) is being reported. Gold; Diam. 1.2 cm; wt. 3.0 gm. Oby : Heraclius in centre holding cross-standard in the right hand; his elder son Heraclius
Constantine holding cross-standard to the right; his younger son Heraclonus holding cross
standard on the left. Rev : Cross potent on the pedestral of three steps; officina letter on either side; below CONOB
(standard for the mint-name Constantinople); circular legend on three sides VICTORIA AVGEE.
106
To the best of my knowledge, only two articles have been published so far : R.A.G. Carson "Late Roman and Early Solidi from India", ND, 4, pt. 2, pp. 20-23: P.L. Gupta, "Early Byzantine Solidi from Karnataka", Ibid, 8, pp. 37-43
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