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I went to my local dealer today to buy some uncleaned ancient coins... Unfortuently  he sold out of small batches of uncleaned ancients and only had large (50+ coin per batch) batches left... After looking through ancients for an hour or so... I picked up a few Mauryan Empire Punchmarked Coins...     Coin 1:  I believe that the punchmarks are:  Other than the three leaves on the middle punchmark, they look right. Coin 2:  My only problem is that I have to ID both coins... Can anyone help me with websites to ID thems or a good book to ID them (on a YN budget)? Thanks!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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those are neat coins WC  , AN should be able to help you id those...I'm not of any help for that sorry. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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#1 Ashoka 272-232 BC Mitchiner 4227-4228
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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#2 also Ashoka but Mitchiner 4173-4174 I think. The problem here is the symbol at the lower right. If the Mitchiner number I gave is correct, the symbol includes a turtle which is off flan in yours and unclear in both coins illustrated by Mitchiner. This is my best guess.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Thanks Doug!  I had guess that they were both Ashoka but that was as far as I had gotten. Edited by Windchild
12/23/2012 10:32 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Michael Mitchiner, Oriental Coins and their Values - the Ancient and Classical World 600BC-AD 650 http://www.amazon.com/Oriental-Coin...600BC-ad+650I bought this when in was in print and high priced (it is a huge book with 760 large pages and thousands of photos). Now it is out of print and really obscenely priced. |
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Canada
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I may have found one that will go a little lower... like >$500.. At a little Canadian auction  One sold a few months ago for $450 including tax, premium, etc. Now I just need to talk my dad into buying it... Always the hard part.. Edited by Windchild
12/23/2012 10:40 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow they are expensive! Even if they went out of print, I'm surprised! The one you listed doug was $900!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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WC, awesome coins...i just bought 2 myself, with dougs info we can find out a little more about these..nice pick up.. ..if I may ask how much does this seller get for a 50 coin batch..  |
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Canada
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50 uncleaned were $125.00..
And Yes.. these books are very expensive....
Edited by Windchild
12/23/2012 11:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I know nothing about these coins...except they are pretty cool! Doug, nice buy on that book!:) |
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 Super-cool, Windawg! ... nice pickups!! |
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Amazon used is the worst place to buy a rare book and a great place to buy a common one. They do not plan to sell it for $900 but are willing to if you are silly enough. The book was about $300 new and has many faults but there is nothing really better for what it covers. It shows many very low grade coins and is not easy to use. I don't recommend spending more on the book than you have spent on coins contained in it.
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