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chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 07/14/2014 9:49 pm picked up a couple neat ancient indians... this may be my oldest coin...not sure. pre-mauryan gandhara anonymous 600 -300 bc? what a range...I've seen 500 bc as well? ar 1/8 satamana (satamana fractional unit?) o: septal radiate pastern with pellet. r: blank somewhat scyphate 15X13 mm 1.5g anonymous? or Samrati Samprati? mauryan ar karshapana (series VI) 270-150 bc 17x14 mm 3.3 g here are the puchmarks, 5 obverse, 1 reverse... on my coins, symbol 5 ("barf cow") is lower left, 2 ("funky sun") upper left, 3 ("taxila hills") upper right, 1 ("sun") center left, 4 ("daphnia") lower right. reverse: dot, arrows and cresents.."taxila" symbol? Mitchiner ACW 4195-4197 if anyone has info about these coins, i'd be glad to hear it (ancientnoob?). Edited by chrsmat71 07/14/2014 9:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/14/2014 10:18 pm Two very nice coins Chris. Anoob knows a bit about this type. I only have one in my collection. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 07/14/2014 10:35 pm Here's a general intro to Indian punch marked coins: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/In...unchmrk.html And some other resources: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/nu...an%20Coinage http://www.forumancientcoins.com/In...history.html http://coinindia.com/galleries-gandhara.html Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 07/16/2014 4:30 pm thanks ski and bobl! Report this Post to the Staff
MetDet71 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1569 Posts	Posted 07/22/2014 6:37 pm They are both really nice coins, I don't have anything like that yet. The links are very handy too. You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys..... Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 07/22/2014 11:44 pm They beat me too it. Nice coins... Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 07/23/2014 01:23 am The only specialist reference book I have on the subject of ancient Indian numismatics is "A STUDY OF ANCIENT INDIAN NUMISMATICS From the Earliest Times to the Rise of the Imperial Guptas (With special Reference to Northern India", (243 pages), by Surendra Kisor Chakrabortty, M.A., publ. Bharitya Publishing House, Sonapura Varanasi (India), 1973. The main problem this book is that it has NO picture references! Otherwise, a good schorlarly effort. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 07/23/2014 4:02 pm thank you gentlemen. Report this Post to the Staff
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