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wally1980 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 01/29/2019 10:24 am Hello Could you please help me to identify the coin I have recently found in the garden ? I understand that I am probably posting to the wrong forum, but I am at complete loss and not sure where to even start. Edited by wally1980 01/29/2019 10:33 am Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/29/2019 10:26 am to CCF. It is best to crop photos before posting. Give it a bit and members will help you. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
wally1980 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 01/29/2019 10:28 am Thank you, I'll crop and re-upload the images Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 01/29/2019 11:28 am Cool garden find. Welcome to the Forum. You've come to a phenomenal place to share and learn! Someone that knows a lot more than me will be along shortly. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5246 Posts	Posted 01/29/2019 11:59 am This is an early example of the "bull and horseman" coin. About 1000 years old. What in the world is such a good example doing in your garden! Do you live in the garden of Eden? But seriously, there are a lot of types and the basic type was issued for hundreds of years. Someone else may be able to narrow it down. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189221 Posts	Posted 01/29/2019 2:38 pm to the Community! Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34426 Posts	Posted 01/29/2019 2:38 pm @wally1980, first welcome to CCF. Second, I agree that this is a Bull and Horseman Jital. I've recommended to the mods that your thread be moved to the Ancients section of CCF to get more eyeballs on it. In the meanwhile, if you use the keywords BULL HORSEMAN JITAL in the search box in the upper left hand part of your screen you will find multiple other threads with similar coins. "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 01/29/2019 3:09 pm to the community Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 01/29/2019 4:56 pm India / Afghanistan Hindu Shahis - Spalapati Deva Ar Jital 750-950 ad Here's an interesting write-up..https://www.forumancientcoins.com/d...mith/bh.html Your coin seems to be an early type.. Report this Post to the Staff
owatchman Pillar of the Community United States 1494 Posts	Posted 01/30/2019 12:00 am to the forum. And nice find! Report this Post to the Staff
wally1980 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 01/30/2019 03:19 am Wow ! Thanks a lot ! Even though this find raises more questions than answers ... Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 01/30/2019 04:17 am Quote: Wow ! Thanks a lot ! Even though this find raises more questions than answers ... Not a surprising find, really. Consider how many Brits served in Afghanistan and what is now Pakistan over the last 180 years. A fairly common coin, probably brought back to the UK as a souvenir and kept as a pocket piece until being lost in your garden. A less-likely possibility is Viking trade routes which stretched from England to Central Asia. These coins were the most important trade coin of their era and have been found in context in Northern Europe. I know of one academic at Cambridge who gets quite excited at finds like this. Won't listen to reason. Do report the coin to your local FLO. All those finds of Edwards and Constantines need the occasional Spalapati to break the monotony. The Spalapati Deva drachms are believed to have been minted in Kabul by the Turk Shahis between about 700 and 950, catalogued as Tye 4; Deyell 20. "Spalapati" means 'war-lord'. Here is a similar coin found in England, though it may be the slightly later Samanta Deva type: https://finds.org.uk/database/searc...lts/q/shahis Edited by Kushanshah 01/30/2019 04:23 am Report this Post to the Staff
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