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I have this coin I believe to be Kushan, but I would like to attribute it further, Can anyone help, please ? It is AE12.5, and Wt is 2.3 gm    Edited by Topcat7
10/13/2014 06:40 am
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I honestly can't tell what it is. Here is an excellent site that covers all coin types from that region. http://coinindia.com/ |
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Thanks, echizento. I looked through all of the coins on that link, but without success, unfortunately.
Does anyone else have a link to a Kushan Coin source that I might examine, to try to attribute this and other) Kushan coins that I have, please?
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What makes you think it is Kushan? Is that just what the seller guessed?
I'm not sure what it is, but one side appears to have a pomegranate. Coins from Pamphylia often have pomegranates so you might want to check those cities.
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10/14/2014 07:30 am
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Not a Kushan coin in my opinion, but not Greek either.
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Edited by Kamnaskires
10/14/2014 12:54 pm
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Bob L the link no longer works because the site is no longer active.
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There are some Kushano-Sassanian coins that this coin almost resembles, like these ones from Gandhara. But I'm still not seeing anywhere near enough surviving detail to lock it down to there. 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
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Thanks Guys and Girls. I have read your comments and I have looked up the sites suggested by Bob.
Perhaps TIF is right (she usually is). Maybe the coins are NOT Kushan but could possibly be early Greek.
Please see new post "Early Greek Coins or Kushan?" where I have shown the other eight with this one.
Perhaps haveing them all together will help to identify wher they are from and the period (etc.)
Thanking you
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Hello, BOB. Your computer must be better than mine because when I click on the first part of the link I get "Wayback Machine Doesn't Have This page archived"
When I click on the second part of the link I get a review on E-Cigarettes.
I did, however have more luck with the other site that you put the link up for, and I went through all of the pages there unfortunately with no luck.
I then went to where TIF said I could look and I found a number of (similar) coins there, but no matches, but I am STILL looking.
Thanks for your interest and time - everyone.
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10/14/2014 8:08 pm
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I don't understand how it is working for you because I get a dead site and a site for ecigs. I'll leave it up and wait to here from others if it works or not.
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Unfortunate about the inability to get to Tom's great archived site...so did you try the cut-and-paste method? The site is the best resource for Kushan and Sassanian in my experience. I'm not computer savvy enough to know how to "adjust" the link. If you read this thread at Forum, and go to the same link from Joe Sermarini's second post, perhaps you'll have better luck(?)...that is, if THIS link works: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/bo...opic=96480.0 |
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I seem to recall reading that Tom Mallon recently passed away and his web site is no longer being maintained.
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It does work, I have just tried it. Copy and paste and the site comes up fine.
Edit: I am glad I got the link before it went. It is made up of two http addresses. Clicking on the link will only take you part way. You need to copy the whole line.
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10/14/2014 9:08 pm
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