| Obverse |
Humped bull (Nandi) standing right, crescent above, dotted border around |
| Reverse |
Sun disc, surrounded by Nagari legend: Pa shu pa ti (Lord of animals, an epithet of Siva), dotted border around |
| Date |
c. late 9th - early 10th centuries |
| Weight |
3.96 gm. |
| Diameter |
20 mm. |
| Die axis |
12 o'clock |
| Reference |
MNI 202a |
| Comments |
Raghavadeva won Nepalese independence from Tibet in 879 and inaugurated the Nepalese era. Judging by his coinage, he was a Saivite, a tradition continued by the Nepalese monarchy even today. |