Need Help Identifying Anything About This Presumably Silver Coin

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Daj New Member United States 27 Posts	Posted 10/24/2017 03:56 am This piece of a coin is heavy and non magnetic, I unfortunately dot have enough knowledge to make any assumptions on what this is, I would greatly appreciate any help thank you- DAJ ( Do to its condition I tried to give as many angles as I could) Edited by Daj 10/24/2017 03:58 am Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 10/24/2017 05:50 am Ancient Indian Mauryan Empire silver punchmarked karshapana, circa 250 BC. Value around $30. Google 'Maurayan Empire' for background information. Edited by sel_69l 10/24/2017 05:53 am Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34416 Posts	Posted 10/24/2017 06:41 am @daj, very nice pick-up. You can see that these coins have been posted here on CCF several times in the past. Here are a couple of my favorite threads: http://goccf.com/t/153289 http://goccf.com/t/90291 http://goccf.com/t/163690 "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
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 10/24/2017 09:25 am The Mauryan Empire was briefly the largest single political entity in the world, and also controlled an enormous silver supply. These are hands down the easiest to acquire and cheapest silver coins from before 200 BC; they must have made millions and millions of these. Since you asked for details, the punches have been catalogued, but are not yet understood. There are usually 5 on the obverse, and one on the reverse, which could either indicate which king it was struck under, or else could be a mintmark. The denomination is a Karshapana, sometimes erroneously equated to a drachm; it was about 3.5g versus 4.2g for an Attic drachm. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/24/2017 2:40 pm This is an interesting example. The single mark on the reverse is believed to be the mint mark, usually it's three bales for the Taxila mint. This one has a mint mark that I haven't seen before. Report this Post to the Staff
Daj New Member United States 27 Posts	Posted 10/24/2017 7:19 pm Wow! Awesome info.Thanks for all the responses guys and interesting point about the mint mark I'll be continuing to try to narrow the possibilities down based on what I've read from the links above,, again thank you all. Report this Post to the Staff
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