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Huge Show. There were many, many ancients dealers, well dressed many in suits and ties, selling coins tagged at a Gajillion dollars. A good majority with coins worth more than the Prius I drove up there. I would say most of the ancient dealers were "well known" and versed in what they sold. As for my self I was awed but not interested. (I really would have taken one of each!) Clad in my comfy jeans and Woody-wood Pecker T-shirt, I set out on my mission. That mission was to not leave the show empty handed. After about 3 hours of searching junk boxes and seeing what the "non ancient guys with ancients had" I found myself still empty handed limited only by budget. At this point I am feeling well frankly very poor. Parroozing the dealers, I sit down with at an empty table of one gentleman who has some super high grade Roman Republic and Parthian coins...Gorgeous but again out of my budget. Just as I was about to give up, the hair on the back of my neck stood up. I said to the gentleman, "You got Huns, Indians and junk?" He said, "Huns, I have one or two, but I collect those!" His Huns were nice but way out of my price range and one was right there and would have been coming home with me but then I knew why my hair stood up! As he dumped out his "junk", I saw something only me would see, he attributed the coin correctly but did not make the connection. Several Huge silver Indian punch mark coins. That's right HUGE PUNCHMARK coins!! I said that I didn't own any of the larger punch mark coins, and I wanted one of the three, after learning about my Hun interest I was able to strike a very good deal. This coin is one of two coins, I walked home with. Of the three I selected this one on a coin flip. The other one was triangular and a tad larger but had many punchs and the big punch has been obliterated by the centuries. So I opted for the one with the nice punchs and surface. Nepal, Janapada, Shakya Republic Anonymous ( c. 600-500 BC) Lifetime and Homeland of Gautama Buddha. AR Archaic 5 Shana 30.4 mm x 14.6 mm x 6.79 g Unifaced: Primary Punch- Two Crescents (one with a root) Five secondary punch marks. Note: Cupric Deposit on reverse. ref: Rajgor 534  Edited by Ancientnoob
09/07/2013 10:14 pm
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  Time to take us to school on this type, Noobster! |
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um..hum... This guy is pretty obscure...  Well the Buddha was named Buddha. He founded Buddhism and was Buddhist...  This coin is one of the first coins ever coined. It is thought that coins in the traditional sense were invented about the same time in 3 places. Lydia, China and India. Essentially representing the 3 old techniques. The fine art of the Greeks, the Separate Punch system used in ancient India, and the long standing Cash of China. The coin dates to the Lifetime of the Buddha, during the time of the Vedic Kingdoms, he was from what is now modern Nepal. Buddha belonged to the Shakya Tribe of which he was a noble member. The Buddha's real name was Siddhartha Guatama SHAKYAmuni. |
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Never seen one of these. Wish I still lived in Ma, we could have gone to the show together. Nice find.
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"Around 500 BCE, small kingdoms and confederations of clans arose in the southern regions of Nepal. From one of these, the Shakya polity, arose a prince named Siddharta Gautama (traditionally dated 563â€"483 BCE), who later renounced his status to lead an ascetic life and came to be known as the Buddha ("the enlightened one"). It is believed that the 7th Kirata king, Jitedasti, was on the throne in the Nepal valley at the time. By 250 BCE, the southern regions came under the influence of the Mauryan Empire of northern India, and Nepal later on became a nominal vassal state under the Gupta Empire in the fourth century CE. "
From Wikipedia...
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Very interesting historical background. To have a coin struck during the lifetime of Buddha is a fantastic find.
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I bought a few off 'Nick' on Friday morning. Some will be 'up' for sale tomorrow.
Heraclius Carthage and some nice denarii.
If I had known you were coming ..... I would have baked a cake !
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I didn't, see you and I didn't buy anything off of "Nick" way out of my price range for what I like.
I should have thought to call you. I did think about it but had no reception at the show.
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Thats a pretty neat pickup anoob |
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Beautiful coin, excellently spotted! And an amazing era it came from, the era of the Buddha. |
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