Fake? | Ancient Indian - Imitation Kushan

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shareddreams New Member India 21 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 03:04 am I wonder what this is. If it's a coin, it most likely is a fake, but what is it supposed to be a fake of? Image: fake.jpg 65.72 KB Edited by Sap 08/25/2008 05:49 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 03:37 am The "dresses" look vaguely Kushan, but I've never seen anything quite like that before. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 08/08/2008 3:34 pm Truly bizarre - those look like the cutout paper figures you make as a child that are all joined up to each other. Spooky. Edited by NumisMattyUk 08/08/2008 3:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 08/08/2008 3:40 pm I don't know what it is but it looks like what you would get for being a guest at a wedding ceremony. Report this Post to the Staff
Parklane64 Rest in Peace United States 2668 Posts	Posted 08/08/2008 11:03 pm A really old bathroom pass? Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 08/10/2008 09:18 am haha.. I like that one! the male and female symbols... Report this Post to the Staff
shareddreams New Member India 21 Posts	Posted 08/13/2008 12:29 pm Ha Ha, yes they look kind of funny. And thanks for the hilarious comments! Report this Post to the Staff
WorldCoinTreasures New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 08/15/2008 01:31 am Turned a lot of pages to find this. Close, but I think it might be the correct time period. Will tell you more tomorrow. Image: Scan10577.jpg 54.06 KB Report this Post to the Staff
Parklane64 Rest in Peace United States 2668 Posts	Posted 08/15/2008 4:05 pm Looks close, WorldCoinTreasures. Will stay tuned. Report this Post to the Staff
WorldCoinTreasures New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 08/15/2008 10:29 pm The coin in the picture is an IMPERIAL BYZANTINE COIN from CONSTANTINUS IV, POGONATUS. A. D. Sept. 668 - Sept. 685. Obv: Bust of Constantine IV, bearded, facing; wears helmet with cross and plume and cuirass; in r., spear held transversely; in l., shield with horseman device Reprinted from CATALOGUE of the IMPERIAL BYZANTIME COINS in the BRITISH MUSEUM Volume II by Warwick Wroth. Page 324, Plate XXXVII 18. Hope this helps. Report this Post to the Staff
shareddreams New Member India 21 Posts	Posted 08/16/2008 06:03 am Thanks for taking the trouble, WorldCoinTreasures. The obverse of your scanned image looks kind of vaguely similar. I guess my 'coin' is a crude copy of something on those lines. Thanks a lot everyone! Report this Post to the Staff
DCH Pillar of the Community United States 645 Posts	Posted 08/16/2008 12:13 pm Looks like Sap was correct. http://cgi.ebay.in/PURI-KUSHAN-COPP...CE_W0QQitemZ 220268632194QQihZ012QQcategoryZ4737QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem And a similar one on Zeno.ru--Puri=Orissa http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=26687 Report this Post to the Staff
shareddreams New Member India 21 Posts	Posted 08/17/2008 01:25 am This is most interesting! As Zeno says, these were crude cast coins in imitation of the Kushan style, which is why I thought my coin was a fake. Turns out it's not! Usually happens the other way round. Great find DCH! Report this Post to the Staff
coinguybrian Rest in Peace United States 5375 Posts	Posted 08/17/2008 01:40 am Better get that verdi-gone... Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 08/24/2008 10:57 pm It was lost here by the last aliens to visit Earth. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
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