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He is a group of Punched marked coins from the Mauryan empire of India. These coins are from the 4th-2nd century BC. They are difficult to attribute but certain punches where know to be used during the time of the great Ashoka 268-232 BC. You can read about the empire here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurya_EmpireThese coins are silver and advantage 17 to 12 mm, and from 2.9. to 3.4 grams.   Lets see what you all have. Post your coins here. |
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Hi Ski, I only have 1 counterstamp/punchmark coin in my collection. And its unattributed !! All I know is - Apollo Sauroktonos, the lizard slayer Hellenistic bust with counter stamp   Wish I had more to share  |
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Interesting coin and counter mark, don't know anything about that one. Not quite what what I was referring to though. Punched marked coins are mostly from India and surrounding areas. They are different than counter marked coins.
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cool coins ski, I like these. i'd like to pick up a few more, with clear marks of the types I don't have.   Edited by chrsmat71
05/15/2015 10:29 pm
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I like yours Chris double counter mark on the reverse and nice clear punch marks. I got mine from Coin India on Vcoins.
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Sorry Ski, my bad |
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No problem, do you have any of this type?
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No I don't have any Ski, interesting looking coins though.
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Come on I can't believe Chris and I are the only two that have this type, there has got to be out there. Les see them.
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Come on I can't believe Chris and I are the only two that have this type, there has got to be out there. Les see them. Now you know how I feel when I post Siliqua. That is the one bad thing about collecting ancients, there simply is way to much to cover and buy. I specialize in late Roman coins and Siliqua. I don't see many Siliqua on the forums, nor do I receive too many responses when I post Siliqua in threads. AN has a similar problem with his cool eastern coins. This is because we specialize in certain denominations or coins from one Empire or kingdom.. We are a sub group of a sub group of a group( Specialization ex. Siliqua or coins of funan< Ancients in general< Coin collecting)  So when I post Siliqua I usually get " oh thats cool" ( which is not bad and I thank people for taking the time to type those kind words) , but no in depth responses. Edited by Augustus Maximus
05/15/2015 10:13 pm
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That said, those do look pretty sweet!
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Yeah, my thing is late Roman, Byzantine, Germanic kingdoms, and early European medieval, and this along with not having a large budget to buy top-notch stuff within my collecting areas, makes it difficult to drum up interest.
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Edited by GERMANICVS
05/17/2015 01:44 am
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I have one.. Don't sure because these are out of my comfort zone.. But this possible a Karshapana from Magadha.   |
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