Gadhaiya Paisa - Om and Omkara Series Paramaras of Malwa ND

Reverse

The reverse contains the fire alter motif with "Om" in Devanagari placed in the centre

Edge

Plain

Comment

This page details the "Gadhaiya - Om and Omkara Series" as explained in "Imitations in Continuity - KK Maheshwari"; the book deals with the entire Indo-Sassanian coin series, spanning over 7-8 centuries;
as per the book, the different coins are divided into 6 Types (different sub-categories):

Type 1. Obv Devanagari Ja behind bust, Rev Fire Alter
Type 2. Obv Devanagari Ja behind bust, Rev Devanagari Om placed in the centre of the Fire Alter
Type 3. Obv Devanagari Ja behind bust, Rev Devanagari Sri Omkara placed in the centre of the Fire Alter
Type 4. Obv Devanagari Ma behind bust, Rev Fire Alter
Type 5. Obv Devanagari Ma behind bust, Rev Devanagari Om placed in the centre of the Fire Alter
Type 6. Obv Devanagari Ma behind bust, Rev Devanagari Sri Omkara placed in the centre of the Fire Alter

the coins have a varying Eye Type, placed in front of the Bust on Obverse

Devanagari Ma and Omkara have no variations; the variables are the Eye Types, Ja and Om
all of this is tabulated with the help of 3 charts below:

Fig 69 for Type (1 to 6) and Eye (1 to 13), Fig 70 for Type of Ja (1 to 5) and Fig 71 for Type of Om (1 to 14) -

Fig 69 Fig 70

Fig 71

The coding for each coin (combination of Coin Type, Eye Type and other elements); random examples:

T1/ 1 J1:  T1 (Eye Type 1)/ 1 (Coin Type 1) J1 (Ja Type 1)
T2/ 2 J2 O3: T2 (Eye Type 2)/ 2 (Coin Type2) J2 (Ja Type 2) Om3 (Om type 3)
T8/ 6 Ma Ok: T8 (Eye Type 8)/ 6 (Coin Type 6) Ma  Ok (Sri Omkara)

51 total Listed variants in the book:

T1/ 1 J1

T1/ 1 J2

T1/ 1 J3

T1/1 J4

T1/ 3 J2 Ok

T1/ 4 M No image available

T1/ 5 M O10 .

T1/ 5 M O4 .

T1/ 5 M O5

T1/ 5 M O6

T1/ 5 M O7

T1/ 5 M O8

T1/ 5 M O9

T1/ 6 M Ok

T10/ 2 J5 O14

T11/ 5 M O10

T11/ 5 M O11

T11/ 5 M O13

T11/ 5 M O7

T12/ 5 M O13

T13/ 4 M

T2/ 2 J1 O1

T2/ 2 J1 O2

T2/ 2 J1 O3

T2/ 2 J2 O1

T2/ 2 J2 O2

T2/ 2 J2 O3

T2/ 3 J1 Ok

T2/ 3 J2 Ok

T3/ 3 J1 Ok

T3/ 3 J2 Ok

T4/ 3 J1 Ok

T5/ 1 J2

T5/ 1 J4

T5/ 3 J2 Ok

T5/ 4 M

T5/ 5 M O8 .

T5/ 5 M O9

T6/ 3 J2 Ok

T7/ 3 J2 Ok

T8/ 3 J2 Ok

T8/ 4 M

T8/ 5 M O10

T8/ 5 M O11

T8/ 5 M O12

T8/ 5 M O13

T8/ 5 M O4

T8/ 5 M O8

T8/ 5 M O9

T8/ 6 M Ok

T9/ 3 J2 Ok

Occasionally one finds a variant that's not listed in the above mentioned book, usually an Eye Type similar in design but distinctly different from the ones listed, a few examples are listed below -

Original  Variation
T1/ 1 J2  T1a/ 1 J1

T1/ 4 M  T1a/ 4 M

T10/ 2 J5 O14 T10/ 2 J1 O14

T2/ 2 J1 O3  T2/ 2 J1 O3a

T4/ 3 J1 Ok  T4/ 3 J2 Ok

T6/ 3 J2 Ok  T6a/ 3 J2 Ok

T9/ 3 J2 Ok T9a/ 3 J1 Ok

T9/ 3 J2 Ok  T9b/ 3 J2 Ok

None T0/ 1 J4

images courtesy -
1. Imitations in Continuity - K.K. Maheshwari
2. Amit Kher Collection

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