Такого всадника в этой ветке еще не было.
Этот тип имеет название "Шри Саманта Дева". Почему так, и что это значит,сказать не могу. Может кто подскажет?
Потому что на этих монетах легенда: Сри Саманта Дева.
А что она означает и как появилась - подробнейший ответ
Здесь:
Samanta Deva:
The most common of the Shahi bull and horseman coins are those with the Sarada legend Sri Samanta Deva above the bull. This is also a title rather than a name and could be taken as the same "Honorable Chief Commander" as listed for Spalapati Deva. References suggest that these were made farther east, perhaps at Ohind, after the Shahi influence farther west had been forced out by Muslim conquest. The dates are given as 850-1000 A.D. which overlaps the Spalapati dates but individual coins are not dated within either of those ranges. Ohind was located on the Indus river in the region known as Gandhara (now in northwest Pakistan). Sarada characters Bhi is left of the horseman with another symbol to the right. The most common of these ("Ma"?) is shown on the top left and center coins while "Ta" is shown on the lower left. The top right coin shows a bit of a variation on the character left of the horseman but I believe this is just a 'handwriting' variation of the normal Bhi. The bottom center coin matches the normal Tye 14 coins but is either plated (fourree) or a poorly mixed allow with large areas of copper showing. Generally such a coin would be considered unofficial but I have no knowledge or references regarding fourree Shahi coins. Finally the bottom right coin shows a very different style on a smaller but slightly thicker flan. Most interesting to my eye is the face of the horseman which reminds me of the profile face on South Indian coins of Rajaraja Chola but is, at least, very different from the thin, facing heads of the normal Shahi horsemen. It is shown here just to make the point that there are many coins just a bit different from the ones illustrated in the references. The details here are not at all understood by me.
While there is variation on the Samanta Deva coins, most are more a line drawing that the average Spalapati coins. This is consistent with the idea that they are slightly later. Being more common, they are slightly easier to find in moderately acceptable condition but most are still poorly struck on flans too small to show the entire design. Many are struck unevenly from right to left so either the head or rump of the bull is flat. Due to my aversion to poorly struck heads, rather few of these examples have nicely detailed tridents on the bull's rear. Similarly the three dots on the horse's rear suffer on many of my coins. In addition to being poorly struck, many Shahi jitals are worn suggesting they circulated for many years. This, also, is consistent with the fact that the weight standards of the coins were maintained reasonably well for many years (especially when compared to the situation with Roman coins over the same number of centuries).
