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Valued Member
United States
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I need an identification of a coin, but I would really rather learn how to identify these coins myself as opposed to just have someone tell me what it is. I would greatly appreciate just knowing, please don't get me wrong, but I really want to learn the process of identification of this type of coin. It measures approximately 9.50mm   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Four hollow circles usually connected by a cross is the Ujjain symbol, used in Central India from about 200 BC until ~250 AD. The overwhelmingly vast majority of coins that use the symbol are Satavahana coins, but this looks to be earlier (?) Honestly this is one of the most difficult areas of numismatics to navigate, and I know next to nothing about it, mainly because most of these issues are rare enough that they don't make it onto ebay in any significant numbers. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Observe looks very much like on Mysore coins to me. Could not find exact match though for reverse side though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I suspect the reverse is a "Sri vira" legend in Telugu - I've also seen the language referred to as Kannada. I can't place the obverse, but for a comparison of the reverse to a kasu from the Madurai Nayaks...I've rotated the OP reverse to match:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thank you everyone for the input. You are correct Bob, the reverse is the same as the one you posted. Is there a good resource for these coins? I really would like to learn how to identify and attribute these myself as much as possible.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sorry, I don't know of a good source. Probably Michael Mitchiner's Oriental Coins and Their Values, Vol. 3: Non-Islamic States & Western Colonies (sometimes just referred to as "Mitchiner NI") would cover these, but it's long out of print and very expensive when it appears on the market. Some time ago I posted a link in the "Books, Downloads, Websites" sticky section, to the following online slideshow. It's great for visuals of ancient Indian coins, but is really lacking as a research tool. To find a match you'd have to scan 200+ pages and hope for the best - there is no navigation tool: https://www.slideshare.net/sujitm1/...indian-coins |
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Valued Member
United States
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You have helped me considerably with this coin. I have a bunch more to go. When it comes to coins that I haven't identified, I like to have the attitude that I have the rest of my life to get it done.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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That's exactly the right attitude.
I have several coins of different cultures and ages, now fully identified, but just had to wait for the opportunity to have the appropriate information or latterly acquired skills to do so.
That especially applied to ancient Greek coinage, and Chinese cash coinage, so far as knowledge and skill was concerned.
I still rely on others within the CCF for for Parthian, Sassanian, Islamic and ancient Indian coinages.
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