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paul heale Valued Member United Kingdom 53 Posts	Posted 11/18/2010 3:05 pm Hi, Can anybody help me identify this Indian coin and waht year it is from. Thanks Again Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 11/18/2010 5:14 pm This is actually from ancient India, from a series of subordinate rulers of what is now north-western India, known in English as the Western Satraps, circa 300 AD. The wikipedia link illustrates several of the coin types; the grifterrec and zeno.ru sites have more comprehensive listings. The obverse legend is Greek lettering but gibberish, random letters placed on the coin by people who could no longer speak the language. The king's actual name is around the reverse, in Brahmi script. The date the coin was issued, using the Saka Era calendar, is on the coin, to the left of the portrait, but I haven't got any good references for these coins that let me translate it. The sun-moon-and-mountain symbol first used on the reverse of these coins is still sometimes used on the coinage of modern Nepal. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
drnsreedhar Pillar of the Community India 1995 Posts	Posted 11/24/2010 1:33 pm This is a tetradrachma of the Western Kshatrap (Satrap) group of rulers.On the Obverse, there is the bust of the ruler and on the reverse, there is a hill made of arches and the name of the ruler and the name of his father struck in Nagari script. Report this Post to the Staff
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