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Boogie, Boogie, Amoghabhuti AR Drachm, Kunindas

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Another one gathering dust on my phone. I picked this one up last summer for a criminally low price.

Kuninda kingdom (NE India, Himalayas)
Amoghabhuti, c. Late 2nd century BC
AR Drachm
Obv: Stag standing right, Lakshmi standing left holding flower. Brahmi "Rajnah Kunindasya Amoghabhutisya maharajasya"
Rev: Six-mound stupa, surrounded by Triratna (top), Bodhi tree (right), swastika (top left), and a "standard" whose meaning has been lost. Kharosthi transliteration of obverse legend.

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Nothing is known of Amoghabhuti outside of his coins, but hoard evidence demonstrates that he was a contemporary of Apollodotus II. He was one of the few indigenous rulers to strike coins to the Indo-Greek drachm standard, and is the only one whose silver coins are not very rare.
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Nice! Very rich surface - a lot going on there.
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Great remaining detail on the rev. I really like the arched hill as I have a coin with a similar design element:

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Steve your killing me, one of these have been on my list for sometime now just haven't been about to afford it. Beautiful example Congrats.
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Quote:
Another one gathering dust on my phone


Ok I'm 'NOT' going to clean my phone for 6 months and see if a coin like that appears!

Lovely detail (particularly Lakshmi) and nice overall look

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Thanks all!

Thinking about Spence's.comment, one odd thing I just realized about these coins is that nearly all of them are in high grade... coins of Mebane or Apollodotus or Nahapana or any of the Western Satraps usually have moderate to heavy wear, but these are typically found in VF or better. My example had a weak obverse strike (which is why I won it for $46 shipped instead of $100-150) but I have yet to see an example that shows evidence of extended use.

I wonder why? Perhaps the religious symbolism was too cool, and people kept them as keepsakes?
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