Kalachuris of Ratnapur: Ratna Deva III (1181-1182) AR Pana (Singh Type III-B)

[Quant.Geek]

Kalachuris of Ratnapur: Ratna Deva III (1181-1182) AR Pana (Singh Type III-B)

Obv: Goddess Lakshmi seated facing
Rev: Devanagari legend Ratna/Deva in two lines

This tiny coin has a lot of character.  Too bad for the small crack, but nonetheless, a sweet looking coin 

Reference:

Singh, K., Classification of Ratna Deva's Silver Coins, Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society, 220, p. 35

A high-resolution image of this coin is available at FORVM Ancient Coins

[Figleaf]

Neat documentation on the other end of your link! This coin shows how variant B may have led to variant A. If the coin is struck in such a way that the squarish hairline is largely outside the flan, all that remains is the earrings.

Peter

[RG]

I am adding mine here though I don't know whether same classification is applicable as it looks different slightly..details are given along with scan. Pic. Courtesy to seller. I own the coin now. One of my new arrivals.
Type III Variety A ?

[THCoins]

Ceratinly looks to be in the same category. I am not familiar with the further categorization of these.
Doesn't closely resemble Dyell 131. But Dyell's illustration is not of sufficient quality to judge with  certainty.

Anthony

[Quant.Geek]

Did you download the paper?  It goes over each of the classifications and hence should be very trivial to determine the type...

[RG]

Did you download the paper?  It goes over each of the classifications and hence should be very trivial to determine the type...

Yes, downloaded. It is indeed the same type. That paper was awesome..