|
COINS
| No in Plate A |
Metal |
Size diameter in inches |
Weight |
Obverse |
Reverse |
| 16 |
AE |
-75 |
68 grs. |
As Above. (I) Srimat-pri-(2) [thvi]de[va] |
Hanuman to right, with a demon on left. |
| 17 |
AE |
-85 |
99 grs. |
As Above. (I) Srimat-pri-(2) [thvi]de[va] |
Hanuman to left he Tramples a demon on left and has an attendant on right. |
| 18 |
AE |
-8 |
73 grs. |
As Above. (I) Srimat-pri-(2) [thvi]de[va] |
Lion with tail raised to right |
Of this king, coins in all the three metals are known, but his silver coins are very rare.
Pandit L.P. Pandeya had so far been able to secure only three silver coins. All these are
very small in size and resemble the one-eighth dramma pieces of Gangeyadeva. This king’s copper coins have both the devices of the lion and Hanuman (facing right or left).
The Coins of Pratapamalla.
| No in Plate A |
Metal |
Size diameter in inches |
Weight |
Obverse |
Reverse |
| 18 |
AE |
.8 |
38 grs. |
Three-line Nagari legend (I) [Sri]mat-pra-(2)tapama-(3)[lla]deva. |
Lion to left, looking backward |
| 19 |
AE |
.75 |
29 grs. |
Three-line Nagari legend (I) [Sri]mat-pra-(2)tapama-(3)[lla]deva.,with a sheathed dagger below. |
Some indistinct device, perhaps a lion |
No gold and silver coins of this king have been reported till now. His copper coins
were found for the first time in 1924. Pandit L.P. Pandeya’s conjecture that Pratapamalla
was a Kalachuri king has been confirmed by the subsequent discovery of the Pendrabandh
plates.1 The seal of these plates has a sheathed dagger below the legend as on some coins
of this king.
As the name Ratnadeva is repeated thrice and the names Prithvideva and Jajalladeva
twice in the genealogical list of the Kalachuris of Ratanpur, the question of the
attribution of these coins becomes very difficult. While describing the hoard from the
Sarangarh, Dr. Hoernle conjecturally ascribed the coins to Jajalladeva I, Ratnadeva II and
of Prithvideva II,2 but he gave no reason to support his view. Cunningham, on the other
hand, assigned the same coins to Prithvideva I, Jajalladeva I and Ratnadeva II.3 Vincent
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1No. 101.
2P.A.S.B. for 1898, p. 93.
3C.M.I., p. 76.
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