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echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 5:23 pm According to Sambhu Nath Mondal and his book "Ancient Indian Coins, Decoding of their Indus-Brahmi Inscriptions with special emphasis on the Punched Marked Coins" Hows that for a tile? It is possible to ID the ruler on Punched-marked coins by their imaged and if enough punch marks and present and readable. . Each picture is translated into a Brahmi word or letter. Here is AR Kashapana that if I'm reading the legend was struck during the time of Ashoka. Please excuse my crude drawing. The first picture translates to the word Misitha. #2 difficult to make out an pointed to by my arrow is the word GA. #3, 4, and 5 translate to HSA. #6 CHO Which comes out to Misitha Gahasa Achokasa. Which is further translatecd into Ashoka. The reverse is the word Cho, found on coins struck in Taxila. Report this Post to the Staff

moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 5:31 pm Coins have certainly had many different avenues. But I don't have the patience you have for unraveling those details. But I learned something new Report this Post to the Staff
travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 7:18 pm WOW, I thought deciphering roman coin legends was difficult! Cool Stuff echizento! Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 7:24 pm Roman coins are very easy to read compared to most of the other ancient texts. I didn't know until recently that the punch marked images could be translated into a script. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 9:22 pm Ah, if only numismatic supply vendors sold karshapana de-coder rings. Good info here, Ron. Thanks for sharing. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 9:34 pm Thanks Bob. Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 9:40 pm Quote: Ah, if only numismatic supply vendors sold karshapana de-coder rings. Sounds like a new business venture Bob! Hop to it! Think of all the money you'd have to spend on new coins. Altho, there is a limited outlet for such isn't there.... Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34409 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 11:12 pm Ron, any thoughts on why the punchmarks are all jumbled around rather than at least roughly in a line? "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 02/19/2018 11:22 pm No idea Dave, but I guess there is some type of rule the way they appear on the coin. I know the character Misitha seems to always first. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 02/20/2018 5:01 pm Never would have guessed that. Any chance of being able to provide at least a partial breakdown of the associations he makes? Also curious to know how he came to the conclusion that the symbols could be transliterated to Brahmi Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/20/2018 5:31 pm Steve, while the books is about ancient Indian coinage, it is mostly a book on Indian language from earliest time in Indian history. It covers many different types of scripts and symbols all which correspond to letters. I have to admit I've only read through the chapter on Mauryan coinage, so I don't really know yet how these symbols turned into letters. In a sense they resemble Egyptian Hieroglyphics. Throughout the book the he shows how these various symbols form a legend in a specific order. When we long at these coins, we see them as a jumbled group of marks. But there is a order to them and how they should be read no matter where the placement on the coin is. The book contains many charts of symbols and their translations from the Proto-Indic language into early modern times. It's a book that I will be spending a lot of hours with just to get a general idea. Luckily in the case of my coin it match to one that translated almost to the letter. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 02/20/2018 8:12 pm Two pretty little lots of punchmarked AR's in FSR's new auction: Magadhan, starting bid of $35: http://www.fsrcoin.com/a_html_ma778863.png Mauryan, starting bid of $40: http://www.fsrcoin.com/a_html_a933cac.png Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/20/2018 8:26 pm Wow!, two nice lots wish. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 02/20/2018 8:32 pm From his personal collection...he's unloading a lot of Indian stuff, including a number of Western Satraps drachms...starts here: http://www.fsrcoin.com/a.html Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/20/2018 9:30 pm Placed a couple of bids. Thanks for the heads up Bob. Report this Post to the Staff
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