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pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 01/26/2015 08:10 am Trying to help out a friend here, can you give me any info on these two gold coins. No weights or size at the moment and sorry about the photos. A general area would help. Report this Post to the Staff

Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 01/26/2015 08:16 am Kushani coins. Need weight and size to determine the denomination. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 01/26/2015 08:35 am Around 20mm and each is a little over 7g. Was thinking one of the Vasudeva kings. Don't know what has happened to the other photo. Will fix. Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 01/26/2015 08:42 am Best online reference I know for these coins starts at this page http://coinindia.com/galleries-kanishka.html To see the other Kushani gold coins, just click next. Size and weight (slightly low) match the dinars. Edited by Medieval 01/26/2015 08:44 am Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/26/2015 09:03 am I believe these a Dinar from the Shaka series. These are from the mid 4th century AD. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 01/26/2015 09:33 am Thanks, I will try and have a look. Still trying to get better photos, the weights are 7.8 and 7.9 but I don't know which coins is which yet. Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 01/26/2015 09:41 am 7.8 grams plus fits nicely with the dinars and 20mm as well, so you can lock that down. As you can see from the above linked Kushani pages, there are quite some types around. The top obverse seems to match Shaka, see the tamgha. The bottom one seems to be later. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 01/26/2015 09:51 am tamgha? Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 01/26/2015 09:58 am The special sign on the side, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamga Report this Post to the Staff
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