Indian Palaeography c13.s2.t1.1.4

c13.s2.t1.1.4

Here the legend is arranged on three sides of the coin, but all the letters are reversed and hence the writing appears to be from right to left. But it is clear from the coin that it was not done intentionally. Even the animal appears to be in reverse and is hence difficult to identify. A similar blunder of a reversed legend is seen in a coin of Sātakarṇi.⁴ The lettering in all these coins, which are either cast or die-struck, is of the same crude type. In no case can they be dated earlier than the issues of Kāḍa. The earliest issues of Mathura may also go back to this period, but the letters are very blurred and no definite conclusion can be reached.