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Spence Moderator United States 34427 Posts	Posted 01/14/2016 8:14 pm Not too much to go on for this coin from the depths of my junk box: 1.8 g and 15 mm diameter The material is copper with evidence of a silver wash remaining. The characters don't all appear to be english, although I think that I see a letter "tee". Is it maybe an indo-scythian tetradrachm? Any help would be appreciated--thanks! * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 01/14/2016 9:53 pm Yes, likely Indo-Scythian, but at that size and weight it is a drachm, not a tetradrachm. It is either a base metal core from a fouree drachm, or a highly debased billon drachm (probably the former, although both were common enough). It's probably either Azes I (c. 57 - 35 BC) or Azes II (c. 35 - 12 BC). Some scholars have come to believe that there was only one Azes, not two, and that he had a long reign covering this whole period, c. 57 - 12 BC. Edited by Kamnaskires 01/14/2016 9:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34427 Posts	Posted 01/15/2016 7:50 pm Ok perfect thanks Bob L. I recognize that this particular coin is likely beyond attribution, but if I wanted to learn to more...should I be thinking about getting Mitchiner's series "Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage"? Or is there a better book? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 01/15/2016 8:23 pm Yep, I believe Mitchiner's nine volume set is the primary reference for Indo-Scythian coinage. I know that R.C. Senior is often cited for attribution as well based, I believe, on his "Indo-Scythic and Indo-Parthian Coin Hoards" articles in the "Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter" in 1987 and 1988. Mitchiner also wrote "Oriental Coins and Their Values" (1979), which may be useful. All this long out-of-print stuff tends to be expensive, of course. Online resources include CoinIndia.com and grifterrec.rasmir.com/coins.html (the late Tom Mallon's "The Coins and History of Asia"). Edited by Kamnaskires 01/15/2016 8:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34427 Posts	Posted 01/15/2016 8:48 pm yeah, ok nice to have those web links. It's painful to spend more on the books than the coins pictured therein. Maybe someday I'll write a book and feel differently though. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/18/2016 8:00 pm Just saw this thread. It's a bit difficult to say for sure because of the wear. But what I can see it does appear to be fouree drachm of Azes I. Here is a link of some of his coins. http://www.coinarchives.com/a/resul...earch=Azes+I Report this Post to the Staff
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