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Auction: 24126 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 38: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 2451

Pre-Islamic, Sind, Anonymous (c. 7th-early 8th century), uniface AR Dammas (4), pattern of four prominent beads with Brahmi legend below: 'Ha Ma Va' (2), 'Ha Shi', 'Ha Gu' (Fishman JONS, 3A, 7A, 9A), known mainly from this one hoard, rarely offered and intriguing, some with dark hoard stain, but uncirculated; Chach of Sind (one-time ascribed to Gharlibids), Anonymous (pre 712), Drachms (4), three central beads flanked by Brahmi letters 'Ta' and 'Pa', Arabic Lillah Shibl or similar below and above, rev. Devanagari legend SriJaYan / TaRaJa (Victorious King) (3), crude head right (1) (Fishman/Todd, "The Silver Damma," M54; MNI 269-76), scarce and interesting example of early Arabic influence on coins of this area, generally fine (8)

Provenance

Barbara Mears Collection of Indian Coins


The uniface Dammas, Baldwin's, Auction 40, 3 May 2005, lot 729

254 of the uniface Dammas were discussed by Fishman in 2009. They weigh around 1.2g each and came from a hoard found on the Baluchistan / Sind border in Pakistan. From this hoard he identified only three with the 'Ha Ma Va' legend, 17 with 'Ha Shi,' and over 164 with 'Ha Gu.' The meaning of the legends are unknown, but it is possible these are not coins but tokens.
Fishman, A, “A Hoard of Unpublished Silver Coins from the Baluchistan/Sind Border, CA Late 7th-Early 8th century AD” Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society, No.201, Autumn 2009, pp 13-16

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