Unknown Ancient Coin | Mauryan Empire Karshapana

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Hambone Pillar of the Community United States 609 Posts	Posted 06/07/2011 9:35 pm I came across this a long time ago and just found it again. If anyone has any info on it, its appreciated Identified - moved to Ancients forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16857 Posts	Posted 06/08/2011 02:15 am It's from the Mauryan Empire, one of the first ancient Indian civilization to strike coins, circa 320-190 BC. The denomination is called a "karshapana". There are many examples among these zeno.ru pages. I think they have worked out some kind of chronology of the various hand-stamps, to narrow down the date range and possibly mint location. But I don't have any good reference books for this series. 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
Hambone Pillar of the Community United States 609 Posts	Posted 06/08/2011 11:13 am Wow, fast reply as always sap:) Now I have a name to research! thats a great link, too. how much would you pay for it? Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2889 Posts	Posted 06/09/2011 03:36 am These things are very common. Most have 5 symbols clearly defined. I would estimate $5 - $10 on the US ebay would be about right My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 06/09/2011 05:13 am $5 to $10 each for ancient silver coins makes them very collectible. I have about 5 or six myself, but I have no good book reference for them. Are there any good book references available for karshapana or for short 'pana'? If they are fairly common, there should be some good sources (probably in India), where the coins themselves are available. Immediately the prospect of dishonesty on the supply side is worth considering, although I have yet to see a confirmed fake. Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2889 Posts	Posted 06/09/2011 07:18 am I'm not aware of a good reference for these coins - although I do have a few. There may be a specialist one in India but I don't think so because the coins that get submitted to Zeno are never comletely nailed down to a good reference book - either that or there just isn't an active member there that owns one. I suspect they are cheap because of the problems with exact identification, there's not really much to go on - and they are not spectularly attractive - more in the interesting category. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
Hambone Pillar of the Community United States 609 Posts	Posted 06/09/2011 6:59 pm Yeah, pretty cheap. $5 dollars, about the size of a dime. Report this Post to the Staff
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