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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 06-24-2008, 08:54 AM   #1 (permalink) clembo A closed mind is no mind     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern tip of that big pond known as Lake Michigan. Posts: 5,945 11th/12th Century Indian Bull & Horeseman coins Boss bought a big collection yesterday. LOTS of miscellaneous stuff in it and I found these. From Littleton nonetheless. http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...2/scan0009.jpg http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...2/scan0010.jpg The little pamphlet says they are Bull and Horseman coins from India minted in the 11th and 12th centuries. Therefore, it would seem to me there were probably a great deal minted. Can anyone help me with a possible value to these? Taking them back to the shop today. Thanks, clembo __________________ A closed mind is no mind at all...   06-24-2008, 09:03 AM   #2 (permalink) acanthite ALIIS DIVES     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Western hemisphere Posts: 1,880 My Mood: I would agree with the attribution of being 11th century, they do look like late examples of the type. And, yes, there were loads of these minted, for centuries, starting in the 800's. I would not give them more than $10 value. __________________ 'I hope this is the dark part of the night, which is generally just before day.' - General Nathanael Greene   06-24-2008, 09:27 AM   #3 (permalink) clembo A closed mind is no mind     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern tip of that big pond known as Lake Michigan. Posts: 5,945 Thanks, We pretty much figured as much and I honestly didn't want to look them up. The collection he bought is rather large and unorganized. Will take me a good week to get it broken down. __________________ A closed mind is no mind at all...   06-24-2008, 10:01 AM   #4 (permalink) Drusus Pecunia non olet     Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Houston Posts: 3,055 My Mood: Here is a good example of a bull and horseman AR jital from around 900 Saffarid, Ya'qub bin al-Layth. Would be worth 70 to 100 USD Your examples look to be billon jitals from the Sultanate of Delhi (mamluk) no doubt. I think they are from Mohammed Ghori (1173-1206) worth roughly 6-10 USD (more or less). Interesting time in Indian history. __________________ Pecunia in arbotis non crescit Last edited by Drusus; 06-24-2008 at 10:17 AM.   06-25-2008, 08:46 AM   #5 (permalink) clembo A closed mind is no mind     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern tip of that big pond known as Lake Michigan. Posts: 5,945 Thanks again guys. I told the boss I had consulted here and gave him the rough value. They now reside in the tiny clembo World and Ancient collection. He gave them to me for nothing. __________________ A closed mind is no mind at all...   06-25-2008, 09:19 AM   #6 (permalink) Drusus Pecunia non olet     Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Houston Posts: 3,055 My Mood: very cool. __________________ Pecunia in arbotis non crescit   06-25-2008, 11:16 AM   #7 (permalink) De Orc P & R COMMISSAR     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London. UK Posts: 8,453 My Mood: LOL just discoverd that I have two of those posted by Drusus, I knew that I had one so the second is a bonus I like the first one you posted Clembo some nice deffinition on that one __________________ My Notes 1176 to date 02/06/09 http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=De-Orc My Coins 2168 to date 02/06/09 http://www.omnicoin.com/?collection=De-Orc   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « worlds most expensive coin | australia 1921 penny » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Questions About Euros Myron World & Ancient Coins 38 02-09-2010 05:45 PM Trivia: Millennium Coins Part 4 Clinker Coin Chat 0 02-18-2008 12:05 PM Indian Princely States' Coins. Aidan Work World & Ancient Coins 10 04-06-2006 11:21 PM Get your President dollar coin Dansco today. Dockwalliper US Coins Forum 54 12-05-2005 07:05 PM are these Indian coins rare? spiraltreet World & Ancient Coins 11 06-22-2005 02:05 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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