INDIA ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL Coins
Kakini Coin: Small Bronze Denomination of Narwar
Illustrated Specimen Details: Bronze Kakini Example Specimen: 1/4 Kakini, 200-340 (Nava Naga Dynasty, Ancient India) Authority & Identification: This small bronze coin is a 1/4 kakini issued by the Nava Naga dynasty in the …
Silver Karshapana: 1st Punch-Marked Coins of India
Illustrated Specimen Details: Silver Karshapana Example Specimen: Karshapana, 322-184 BC (Maurya Empire / Ancient India) Authority & Identification: It is extremely difficult to identify these early protocoins with absolute…
Jital Coin: Medieval Hindu-Islamic Trade Denomination
Illustrated Specimen Details: Jital Coin Example Specimen: Jital, 1179-1192 (Chauhans of Delhi and Ajmer, India) Historical Context: Issued under Ruler Prithviraj III (Prithviraj Chauhan), a king from the Indian Chauhan dynasty…
Fanam: One of the smallest gold coins in human history
Illustrated Specimen Details: Gold Fanam (Cochin) Example Specimen: Fanam, 17-18th centuries (Kingdom of Cochin, India) This gold coin is relatively popular among numismatists and is known for several unique reasons: It is o…
Dam Coin: Mughal Empire and Indo-Persian History
Illustrated Specimen Details: 1 Dam (Mughal Empire) Example Specimen: 1 Dam of Aurangzeb (Mughal Empire) Design & Numismatic Features: Struck during the long and influential reign of the 6th Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb (1658…
Tanka: coin from Sultanate of Jaunpur (India)
TANKA: COIN OF JAUNPUR (INDIA) Tanka, 1401-1441: Sultanate of Jaunpur Jaunpur Sultanate (Persian "سلطنت جونپور") — Muslim kingdom in northern India between 1394 and 1494. Nowadays Jaunpur is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur distric…
Tetradrachm: coin of Kushan Empire (Ancient India)
TETRADRACHM: COIN OF KUSHAN EMPIRE (INDIA) Tetradrachm, 155-187: Kushan Empire (India) Ruler: Huvishka — emperor of the Kushan Empire. MAO : the name of the moon god is mistakenly given, but another deity is depicted (different sources give conflic…