Ancients => My 2nd addition is kinda like something out of the Flintstone-camp, yes?

Yah, this 2nd example is way out of stevex6's scope ... but *whateva* (it has a cool animal on it, so => yup, it's a total winner!!)



I fell in love with this sweet coin as soon as I saw it .... it almost looks like some sort of primitive cave-drawing (I think that it is very, very cool)


INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Punjab)
Kunindas. Amoghabuti, AR Drachm
Circa 150-80 BC
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 2.10 grams
Obverse: Stag standing right; to right, Lakshmi standing facing, holding flower; vase(?) and naga symbol above stag
Reverse: Six-arched hill; triratana above, to left, swastika above Indra-dhvaja; to right, tree within railing; snake or wave symbol below
Reference: Pieper 1144; HGC 12, 850





=> ummm, does anybody else like this new addition?

Please post anything (even Grad-photos, if it'll make ya happy ... happy is good!!)

Cheers, gang (man, I'm having a ball collecting ancient-coins with you guys-n-gals)



... oh, and please don't take the "swastika" personally (at this point in time, I'm fairly sure that it wasn't a negative symbol)

=> oh, and ya gotta love the bonus-snake, eh? (cha-chinnng lil' bonus-snake!!)

 

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Never seen the type before, very cool though. Looks to be rare I guess?

 

=> yah, as Warren and Doug often state => rarity is a bit of "murky zone" (well, I guess the word "murky" is kinda my lack of a better word) ...

Ummm, I found a few examples in the CNG archives and on other sites, but yah, I guess there aren't too many of these sweet examples floatin' around ... cool, eh?

=> oh, and thanks for the response and the coinpliment (I have noticed that you have also been buying-up some awesome examples)

=> cheers, my coin-friend!!

 

Interesting little brother, but out of my collecting interest zone.

 

On ancient coins the swastika was a symbol that was a sign of good fortune and well being!

 

Ironic, eh?

 

Its a neat coin, couldnt find one on Vcoins for sale, owell :/.

My only coin with a swastika.


SUNGA DYNASTY (185-75 B.C.)
Æ ½ KARSHAPANA
O: Bull, elephant, swastika and staff symbols.
R: Hill, cross and tree symbols.
3.1g
14 x 15mm
MACW-4348

 

Hello deer ! Ofcourse i like your coin !

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I like it. At 19 mm it is large enough for my old eyes without the aid of magnification. I especially enjoy this kind of coin when they are high grade like your example.

 

Wow Steve, that's sure is a busy coin, never seen anything like it, but i do like it!!!

We have coin club tonight, was hoping my ancient guy would be there , but a guy is bringing a green monster box (Sliver Eagles), so i'm buying a roll, i will be posting picture of the opening. tonight's feast BBQ pork ,bean's ( those old guys sure can eat the bean's), chips,cookies.Yum!!! really like your two new coins...

 

sounds like fun => make sure you bundle-up, it is supposed to be -30 tonight (oh, wait a minute => yah, you should be fine ... wear your rain-jacket)



Oh, and I'm glad that you like my two new coins, my friend (yah, they're pretty fricken cool, eh?)

=> umm, don't buy any wooden nickels, unless they're really cool and then buy them all!!

 

Oh, and thanks gang => Collect89, I agree that this coin is "friendly-size" so we don't need a 16 x loupe!!

Cheers

 

THC => wow, that is an awesome example!! (congrats ... hey dawg, we're now Flintstone brothers!!)

Cheers!!

 

cool coin, Mat => I don't see the swastika, but maybe that's just me?

 

Very cool and unusual! Not sure if the obverse says Flintstones to me, but at the very least its reminiscent of those Stone Age dioramas you'd find in a museum.

 

=> ummm, perhaps ancient Punjab Flintstones? (Fred's lesser known relative, Dalbar Flintstone?)

 

that's an amazing coin stevex, pertty busy...they couldn't fit much more on that flan could they? the art style is great as well. i think AN also has one of these awesome coins.

i don't have anything quite like it, but i have this coin...



this is an earlier mauryan coin from the time of ashoka the great (270-232 bc), the art style is similar. the female figures, abstract designs. even has some animals.

 

Nice coin.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an...-rarely-offered-for-sale.234895/#post-1770287

 

OK its really a super duper coin and your just so colorful with your posts. Cha-ching bonus snakes, I mean Jesus I was roaring.

 

These are scarce, but available on the market now. Buy while you can.