(Jun 25, 2012)
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THE SIZE IS 18.3 MM AND 3.18 GRAMS
OBVERSE – Horseman right, holding banner
REVERSE – Sanskrit title Sri Khudarayaka, above Recumbent Zebu (Bull) left, star and crescent before
It was the Hindu Shahi kings who first minted these silver coins—a simple and elegant representation of the diversity of the region
on the reverse, the bull that is so sacred to the Hindus
First minted by the Shahi kings circa 600 AD, Balban the Great, the Sultan of Delhi, was issuing similar designs as late as 1287 AD
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