bull and horseman coin

[Rajagopal]

please help me in identifying this bull and horseman coin. is it a ka on the left side of horseman?

[Rajagopal]

managed to identify it as a coin of shahi kings samanta deva

[Rajagopal]

please forgive my ignorance. are such coins made both in copper and silver?

                                                                                                           rajagopal

[Ansari]

I think it should be attributed to Saplapti Deva.

Image courtesy:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/bh.html

[Ansari]

please forgive my ignorance. are such coins made both in copper and silver?

                                                                                                           rajagopal

Regarding Samanta and Saplapti deva i have seen silver coins only......

i guess this one is of silver too.

[Rajagopal]

sir but there is something more between the ka and the hand of the horseman. something like ki in hindi. this one is copper i think

[Overlord]

Samanta Deva, Deyell#48. The metal is billon (silver-copper alloy).

[Ansari]

sir but there is something more between the ka and the hand of the horseman. something like ki in hindi. this one is copper i think

Then may be its "दी" , you can check after mild cleaning with soft brush.

[Rajagopal]

sir, thanks for the identification. it could be di in hindi. but what does di signify?

[Ansari]

sir, thanks for the identification. it could be di in hindi. but what does di signify?

I really don't know as i too m novice in this field. There is a book of "Deyell' on reading these coins Overload one gave me the link i ll try to find n post the same here..soon.

[Overlord]

The character to the left of the horseman is Sarada bhi.

[Ansari]

Link to the book is here

http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,11732.msg79310.html#msg79310

but its dead now.

If you want that book pm me your email i ll mail you.

[Overlord]

That is an article on reading these coins. For anyone interested, the details of the book are:

Living Without Silver: The Monetary History of Early Medieval North India  by John S. Deyell
Scholarly study of Afghan-North Indian coinage c. 750-1250 AD especially Bull & Horseman series, with catalog.  388p+36pl, hc, 6x9", 1990.  [1999 Reprint]

[indiarchaeology]

Link to the book is here

http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,11732.msg79310.html#msg79310

but its dead now.

If you want that book pm me your email i ll mail you.

Hi, I'm new here. I am a student and I'm doing some research on bull and horseman coins. I found this topic reading some of the forum's posts about indian coins. I think that Deyell will be a good reading for me, but i didn't found it at a reasonable price: Ansari or someone else could mail me the book?
Thanks!

[Figleaf]

The book is in this library:

European University Institute
Instituto Universitario Europeo
San Domenico di Fiesole
50014 Italy

http://biblio.eui.eu/search/?searchtype=o&searcharg=ocolc%2026317509

Peter