Islamic SILVER COIN INDO-SASSANIAN GADHIYA 740-1100 AD Medium Grade Billon

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1 - Medium Grade Coin
INDO-SASSANIAN GADHIYA PAISA
740-1100 AD
OBVERSE: HEAD OF EMPEROR
REVERSE: FIRE ALTAR
SIZE RANGE: 15-18 MM
WEIGHT RANGE: 4-4.5G
Metal: Billon (silver mixed with another metal usually copper or bronze)
Indo-Sassanian Gadhiya paisa coins are
degenerate copies of Sassanian silver coins
which circulated in Afghanistan and India from the 8th to 11th centuries.
These coins are referred as Indo-Sassanian for combining Indian characters with the
Sassanian types. Some derive the word Gadhiya from the Ghardabhiya dynasty-which is
an Indo-Sassanian family of that name, subsequent to the year 420 A.D.
Reference: "Origin of Bombay by Jose Gerson de Cunha"
The design of the coin was based on the Sassanian fire altar that was produced about 300
years earlier. Throughout Sassanid history a freestanding fire-altar was given a prominent
place on coinage.
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