Rare and unpublished! Silver damma of Shibl (840-861/864 AD), Multan, India-#2

Description

Scarce small bronze trachy
Rare and unpublished! Silver damma of Shi
bl
(
ca.840
-
861/
864
AD
)
, pre-Habbarid Multan, Ancient India
Size and weight: 12 mm, 0.63 grams
Obverse:
Sharada legend
जयंत
रा
ज
–
(
Sri
J
aya
ṃ
ta
R
āja
standing for
S
ri
Jayanta R
a
ja -
“
Sr
i
Victorious Raja”)
.
Reverse:
St
ylised fir
e altar of t
hree dots, Shibl (
ca.840-861/
864
AD
) stylized Sharada “Sri” above, ‘Ta’ to left and ‘P
a’ to right, Arabic
ﻞﯿﺳ
(
L
illah Shibl
– “Shibl
in God”)
bel
ow
, altar
base belo
w.
These coins among the first Islamic coins in India!
This coin is guaranteed to be authentic.
Stock#
mul7