Mauryan Dynasty Punchmark Coin. Appx. 4th-2nd Century BC

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Half Pillar of the Community United States 606 Posts	Posted 08/31/2018 07:17 am Another coin I got just cause I like it. I really like it. lol I just wish the reference waht not nearly 200 bucks. lol Considering getting more. Must....focus..... Denomination: Karshapana 13.87mm x 14.7mm 1.94mm thick 3.1g Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/31/2018 07:31 am I also like these Mauryan Karshapana, each punch mark is supposed to correspond to a letter spelling out the rulers name. However there is still some debate if that is true or not. I have a book titled "Ancient Indian Coins, Decoding of their Indus-Brahmi inscriptions with special emphasis on the punch marked coins, by Mondal" It's an interesting book, but isn't easy to follow. I've had the book for some time , but haven't had to time to really get into it yet. Still I think it's worth the $100 I paid for it. https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Indi...p/9381209162 Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 08/31/2018 07:38 am Yeah, these are fun. I have just one. A starting point, Half, is the Mauryan gallery at Coinindia: http://coinindia.com/galleries-maurya.html Thanks for sharing. Neat little coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 08/31/2018 08:53 am Nice pickup! These are fun coins to own, even if they aren't possible to attribute to a king. I have a handful, but my favorite by far is usually called the "three figures" type: Also, I'm not sure what you paid for it, but ebay prices seem to have been pushed a little high lately; if you wait a bit you should be able to buy them in this grade for about $5-6; I've been seeing prices closer to $10. Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 08/31/2018 09:27 am Yep nice coin! Here is mine... I was lucky enough to find the exact punchmark symbols at coin India.. And here is another link that could be helpful.. https://indiacoinsmarks.wordpress.c...ndian-coins/ This too has my coins set of symbols attributed to Devadharman-Devavarman...It would be interesting to see if Rons book spelt these letters? Paul Edited by Palouche 08/31/2018 09:53 am Report this Post to the Staff
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