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After that the region fragmented into a number of independent or semi-independent Sultanates. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe unique Caliphal and later coins of the region minted after the Arab conquest were only recently studied and published - they remain a fascinating and unique field of numismatics. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"w31083","title":"Last coins of the Hindus in Multan - VERY RARE type with a letter Pra on head, silver drachm, SRI Tapana type, Chach of Alor dynasty in Sindh and Multan, ca.632-711 AD","description":"\u003cp\u003e \tStylized head right within a dotted border, Brahmi letter \"Pra\" on the forehead \/ Stylized Sassanian altar with the shaft replaced with three dots, stylized Brahmi letter \"Sri\" above, four characters \"Ta-Pa\/Ku-Ra\" (probably should be read counterclockwise from \"Sri\", giving an inscription \"Sri Tapana\"). 14mm, 0.71 grams, Multan mint. Mitchiner ACW 4905-4909; Mitchiner NIS 269-276.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThese coins are fairly common, but ALWAYS appear in a very poor state of preservation. Because of this, these coins were misdescribed both times they appeared in publications - Mitchiner described them as \"Guptas from north of Malwa\" (and this is the most common attribution for these coins used). In a mongoraph published about these coins LC Gupta and SJ Mangalam attributed them to Sri Gupta, the first Gupta ruler. Both attributions are certainly wrong, since these coins are found in eastern Sindh, and not in Malwa. The misattributions took place because of the poor state of preservation of the available specimens - no coins with a full inscription were known until a small hoard of high quality coins (including this piece) was recently discovered.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"NumisMallstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41985817182358,"sku":"x2672-w31083","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0447\/1750\/6710\/products\/w31083.jpg?v=1659123420"},{"product_id":"w15398","title":"Last coins of the Hindus in Multan - VERY RARE type with a letter Pra on head, silver drachm, SRI Tapana type, Chach of Alor dynasty in Sindh and Multan, ca.632-711 AD","description":"\u003cp\u003eStylized head right within a dotted border, Brahmi letter \"Pra\"  on the forehead \/ Stylized Sassanian altar with the shaft replaced with three dots, stylized Brahmi letter \"Sri\" above, four characters \"Ta-Pa\/Ku-Ra\" (probably should be read counterclockwise from \"Sri\", giving an inscription \"Sri Tapana\"). 13mm, 0.65 grams, Multan mint. Mitchiner ACW 4905-4909; Mitchiner NIS 269-276.These coins are fairly common, but ALWAYS appear in a very poor state of preservation. Because of this, these coins were misdescribed both times they appeared in publications - Mitchiner described them as \"Guptas from north of Malwa\" (and this is the most common attribution for these coins used). In a mongoraph published about these coins LC Gupta and SJ Mangalam attributed them to Sri Gupta, the first Gupta ruler. Both attributions are certainly wrong, since these coins are found in eastern Sindh, and not in Malwa. The misattributions took place because of the poor state of preservation of the available specimens - no coins with a full inscription were known until a small hoard of high quality coins (including this piece) was recently discovered. I am currently writing an article about these for the Journal of Oriental Numismatic Society, it should be published by the end of the summer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NumisMallstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41985819672726,"sku":"x2631-w15398","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0447\/1750\/6710\/products\/w15398.jpg?v=1659123489"},{"product_id":"standard-reference-the-silver-damma-a-fishman-i-todd-iirns-publication-2018","title":"Standard reference \"The Silver Damma\", A.Fishman\/I.Todd, IIRNS publication, 2018","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8.5\" x 11\" (21.59 x 27.94 cm) \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFull Color on White paper, 423 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: IIRNS Publications LLP, 2018 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN-13: 978-8193829103 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBISAC: Antiques \u0026amp; Collectibles \/ Coins, Currency \u0026amp; Medals\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe result of over a decade of study, this work presents in 423 pages a vast range of new material on a super-series of coins which uniquely bridges Hindu and Islamic India from the 7th century CE onwards; its interpretations open a whole new horizon in the numismatic history of early medieval India. The book comprehensively examines the nature and historical context of the earliest native tiny silver dammas as well as all their various Islamic and Hindu descendants, traversing the early coinages of Sindh, Punjab and ancient Gandhara, as well as the later Sindhi, Multani and Ghaznavid types, and subsequent coins from north-western and central India, covering the period from about 600 to 1100 CE. A survey of later coins from western, central and south India is included in the Addendum to the main work for the sake of completeness and to demonstrate the pervasiveness of the tiny silver damma over time and throughout India. Comprehensive descriptions, translations and historical notes are provided for every one of the hundreds of coin types, together with illustrations of one or more specimens of each, including line drawings where appropriate.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSelected reviews: \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"This book opens up a whole new horizon in early medieval monetary history... a key resource, of interest to a wide range of numismatic, historical and economic researchers and writers... It offers a wealth of new information, a most impressive corpus that will serve to guide and inform us for many years.\" John S. 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Alternatively, Tapan\/ Tapana is an ancient male name and Sri Tapanasa (of Tapana�) might be a reference to the issuer of this series “ it might be a locally used biruda of the Sindhi Rai or Chach overlords of Multan, an otherwise unattested local ruler of Multan, high priest or another person of importance in the Sun-temple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExtremely rare, previously known to Joe Cribb and Fishman\/Todd only from examples held by a single collector in Pakistan. Attributed and read for the first time only a few years ago by Fishman and Todd in their \"the Silver Damma\" book. 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