hemidrachm 1271-1309 Silver King Ramachandra , Yadavas of Devagiri, India

Stylized lion walking right / Blank. 9mm, 1.68 grams. MNIS-; Numista #199825.

Fairly scarce - I have a group of these coins I bought in the 1990s, they rarely come up for sale.

The attribution of these coins is based on the find spots and on the similarity of the lion on some of the Yadavas' gold coins. The coins of the Yadavas are known mostly in gold, and no silver coins are found in any of the standard publications, though a number of different types (small dumpy coins weighing 0.8 to 1.6 grams) are known to exist.

The Yadavas (or the Savunas) were a Kshatriya family administrating the city of Deulatabad and the surrounding area on behalf of their more powerful neighbors.

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