Unidentified Indian Ae Coin 1/7 - Kushano-Sassanian?

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january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5178 Posts	Posted 02/03/2020 1:38 pm Last Friday, I bought a bunch of Indian coins (and a few others) from a $1.5 bargain bin. I know what most of the non-Indian ones are, but I'm drawing a blank on the Indians... maybe the good people of CCF could help? [I'm assuming they're Indian because 1) the bin was mainly full of low-grade bull/horseman jitals, and 2) the dealer told me the coins in that bin were Indian.] 14x11 mm, 2.17 grams. This coin and the next one remind me a lot of the ones in this thread, thus my tentative identification as "Indo-Sassanian" (and, to an extent, that thread is also why I chose them in the first place). [EDIT: changed the title to "Indo-Parthian" after checking Zeno.] [EDIT 2: changed title again. In retrospect, I think that was what the old thread said in the first place.] Edited by january1may 02/04/2020 06:56 am Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 02/03/2020 8:28 pm I see what you are talking about @j1m, but this coin seems to have more of an "empty box" look on top rather than a more solid altar. I'm not convinced that it is a match, but unfortunately I don't have any better explanation to offer on any of these pick-ups. "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
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5178 Posts	Posted 02/03/2020 11:35 pm I wasn't sure if the proper term was "Indo-Parthian" or "Indo-Sassanian"; apparently, Zeno lists the similar types under "Indo-Parthian" (in particular, the "Farn-Sasan" type), so I'll change the titles to that. Actually, I'm tempted to claim that this coin is another Farn-Sasan example! (Upside down compared to the Zeno pictures.) I'll wait for someone who knows more about those, however. Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 02/04/2020 01:44 am Please provide a link to the Zeno coin(s). Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5178 Posts	Posted 02/04/2020 02:25 am I was thinking of the coins in this category, though now that I've checked the weights and sizes (and not just the pictures), they appear to be consistently much larger. Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 02/04/2020 02:39 am I have taken the liberty of editing these images as well: I see a Kushano-Sasanian bust right with elaborate headdress, a clear nose, beard, shoulders and streamers behind. On the reverse, an odd but recognizable fire altar. Again, I think these are contemporary (or silghtly later) imitations of Kushano-Sasanian types. Edited by Kushanshah 02/04/2020 02:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5178 Posts	Posted 02/04/2020 06:32 am Thanks for the information! I couldn't find anything like that on Zeno, but maybe I was just looking in the wrong places. Which category it would have been under, if any? (And here goes another title change...) Report this Post to the Staff
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