About very fine, Rare.

The symbols on this coin are related to the worship of Skanda or Karttikeya. As such it might be a veiled reference to Skanda Gupta, the Gupta emperor.

Very fine, Extremely rare.

The choice of two facing images on the coin is remarkable and highly unusual for any Indian numismatic depictions. The coin in all probability was issued by one of many Rajput feudatory dynasties of peninsular Gujarat who claimed descent from the 'Solar Race' or Suryavansha.

Very fine, Rare.

The tentative attribution is suggested based on the depiction of the Garuda, which was the dynastic emblem of the Rashtrakutas.

Very fine+, Very rare.

Dharanivaraha, the Chapa king of Wadhwan ruled as the chief feudatory of Gurjara-Pratihara king Mahipala Deva. He is known from the Haddala copper plate grant presently in the collection of Watson Museum, Rajkot. He was a powerful ruler and called himself the 'chief amongst feudatories', but he was defeated by Avanivarman, the Chaulukya king of Patan in about 916AD.

Extremely fine, Very rare.

Dharanivaraha, the Chapa king of Wadhwan ruled as the chief feudatory of Gurjara-Pratihara king Mahipala Deva. He is known from the Haddala copper plate grant presently in the collection of Watson Museum, Rajkot. He was a powerful ruler and called himself the 'chief amongst feudatories', but he was defeated by Avanivarman, the Chaulukya king of Patan in about 916AD.

Very fine+, Very rare.

It is plausible that the legend on the reverse ends in 'Varaha' and thus directly connotes with the depiction on obverse. Most likely, an issue of one of the 'Rajput' feudatories under the Chalukyas in South Gujarat.

Very fine+, Very rare.

Many Rashtrakuta rulers held titles ending in '-Avaloka' suffix, meaning the 'one who is verily the sight' of a quality the word preceding it. There is no certainty about who held the title 'Praghātāvaloka', or 'verily the sight of a blow or an attack' but it fits in with other titles like 'Ranāvaloka', 'Vikramāvaloka', etc. An alternative reading could even be 'Prayāsāvaloka'.

Very fine, Rare.

The attribution of the coin is on the basis of the truncated legend combined with an emblem that was closely connected with the Rashtrakutas. The legend most likely continues to complete the king's name on the other side of the Garuda's feet.

Very fine, Very rare.

A coin of the same type was offered in our Auction no. 30, lot no. 164 sold at hammer Rs. 60,000. (19 May 2018).

Very fine+, Rare.

Extremely fine, Very rare.

Extremely fine, Very rare.

About extremely fine, Very rare.

Very fine+, Very rare.

About extremely fine, Very rare.

A coin of this type was first brought to notice in 'Numismatic Panorama: Essays in Memory of late S M Shukla' (eds. K K Maheshwari and B Rath) by Dhiren Gala and Girish Veera. It remains an extremely rare type of Vaghela coinage.

Very fine+, Very rare.

Extremely fine, Rare.

Very fine, Rare.

Extremely fine, Very rare.

Extremely fine, Rare.

Extremely fine, Rare.

Very fine, Rare.

Mitchiner has divided the coinage of Dharmavijaya into two mints, one at Vaisali (near Arakan, now in Myanmar) and the other at Chittagong, now in Bangladesh. These are distinguished by the form of the letter "Ja" in the ruler's name. This piece is the Vaisali type.

Extremely fine, Very rare.

The rulers of Akara dynasty ruled towards the south of Chittagong and north of Arakan (Rakhine) province of Myanmar, known from coins and inscriptions. No inscriptions of Ratnakara have yet been known.

About Very fine, Very rare.

About extremely fine, Extremely rare.

Although the coin is uninscribed, its attribution to the Rashtrakutas is certain as evident from the choice and comparison of the motifs to other Rashtrakuta coins, and with contemporary visual art. Most likely the rulers to have issued the coins are likely to be Govinda III (793-814AD), Amoghavarsha (814-878AD) or Krishna II (878-914AD). The Rashtrakutas established trade links with the Arabs and greatly patronized the trade in horses. The access to the Western coast gave them direct control over these connections and made their army more powerful than their rivals like the Pratiharas. The depiction of a horse-riding king is very significant in this respect.