| Obverse |
Five line Nagari legend: Siva bhakta / Sri Mahara / ja Kokasa / hi Mahipa / tirava |
| Reverse |
Stylized dagger, surrounded by five line Nagari legend: Siva bhakta / Sri Mahara / ja -dagger- Ja / tabaji suta / Devagarh |
| Date |
1620-40 |
| Weight |
13.28 gm. |
| Diameter |
20 mm. |
| Die axis |
9 o'clock |
| Reference |
Kulkarni and Bhargava, Numismatic Digest , Vol. VIII, variety II |
| Comments |
The Gond kingdom of Devgarh was established by Jatba I around 1570 and lasted nearly 200 years before being absorbed into the Maratha realm. Kokashah I was the son of Jatba I and is known to have paid tribute to the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. His coins are very rare and the entire legend is never present on a single coin; it has to be pieced together from several specimens. I have only once seen a Gond coin offered for sale ... a coin in Baldwin 53, lot 1538, that sold for $375. |