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I Have A Silver Piece I Was Told Was Indian | Mauryan Empire

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Is this silver piece from around 100 BC

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Identified - moved to Ancients forum - Sap
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the silver coin weighs 3.1 grams
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It's from the Mauryan empire, depending how well the set of punchmarks it legible it can be assigned to a specific period/rules, have a look at http://coinindia.com/galleries-maurya.html which covers some coins of that series.
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Correct, it's a silver "karshapana" from the Mauryan Empire. I think yours is of the type labelled "GH 574". The coins were issued circa 300-100 BC. We don't know precise chronologies for the different types.

I moved your thread to the Ancients section; our ancients experts might be able to add more details.
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i believe sel is correct, gh 574...here's mine.

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here are the symbols...

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thank you for Helping me Identify this silver coin
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Nice coin. I hope too see more.
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