Acient India coins, anyone here collect?

I picked these up and other than knowing the coin dealer in person for years and he said he got these from rep dealer, I wasnt sure if they are a hot commodity. To me they are because they are silver and historical. What do you guys think of these 2? (Front and back of each 2 coins.) Also is the back like a mint mark or just back immage really worn?

 

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I wish I had my books in front of me to help, but alas, my copy of Gupta-Hardaker (and other coin books) is packed away and in storage...



While it might not help, I'll add an additional coin from my collection to the mix to illustrate the punch marks a bit better...

Maurya: Anonymous (ca. 270-175 BCE) AR Karshapana (GH-582, Series VIb)

Obv: Five official punches.
Rev: Railed tree punch.

 

I have a few of the Ancient India Punch Marks:


India Maurya ser VIB AR Karshapana punchmark 270-175 BC ASHOKA


India Mauryan or Sanga 3.4g Rect


India Mauryan or Sanga 3

 

Ancient India


INDIA Gandhara 6-5C BCE AR Shana or 1-8 Shatamana 15mm 1.4g Six armed Taxila symbol pellet between - Blank - Pieper 12 Rajgor Series 41


Bent Bar with TWO sets of two connected dots (one set on each side). Was told this was very rare when there was a discussion on FB about these coins. Kinda lucked into this one:



India Gandahara
AR Bent Bar
early long type
11.3g
650-600 BCE

Comment: RARE two dots - however, also have the two dots on BOTH sides and is considered VERY RARE

 

The first one will probably be difficult to identify, but the second one is GH-566:






Obverse Five official punches.
Reverse One small official mark
Date c. 270-175 BCE
Reference GH 566

 

ancients covers a large area....o yeah, i gottem in bronze...

 

Well, THAT is cool! I really want some bronze ones!

 

This one is special to me...


India -
Shakya Janapada
AR 5-Shana
6th-5th Century BCE
25mm x 21mm, 7.05g
Obv: Central Pentagonal punch plus several banker's marks
Rev: Blank
Ref: Hirano Type I.8.29
19 known.

Coinage from the Ghaghara Gandak River region
Minted in the Shakya Janaprada during Siddhārtha Gautama's lifetime (Later became the Buddha) while he was prince, and under the authority of his father as King

 

Wow those are cool bars....this is they type of stuff that makes collecting exciting!

 

While most of the punch mark coins were issued in the Northern part of India, here is one that was issued by the Pandyian Kingdom of South India:



I really should take a better picture of this one..

Obverse Five punches
Reverse Pandya Fish punch
Date c. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE
Reference Mitchiner Tamil Nadu Kerala 131-134, Krishnamurthy 1

 

..well Christmas is coming up ya know....so ya better watch out and better not cry..(too loud)

 

While I don’t specialize in Indian coins, I’m very fond of this bronze tetradrachm depicting Shiva, won from CNG last month



India, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.22 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Middle phase. Kanishka standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard / Siva standing left, holding thunderbolt, diadem, trident, and flask; tamgha to left. MK 781; ANS Kushan 553-60; Donum Burns 164. Dark brown and dark green patina, worn at high points, traces of earthen encrustation on edge, minor cleaning marks and smoothing. VF.

From the BLS Collection.

 

I got this one also, not sure if its rare, the first immage is the reverse side.

 

I am really digging the bronze coins.

 

To collect ancient gold coins on any scale would be out of reach for most of us including myself.. but here is one of the few gold coins I do own. A common type chosen for its better than usual obverse die



Kushan, Vasu Deva I. ca. 191-225 GOLD Dinar Mitchiner 3389ff, =8,05 g= III+ Prov: Dorotheum 2019, From the collection of Dr. Ernst Eichler

 

The detail in that coin is great!

 

KUSHAN EMPIRE


INDIA
Kushan Empire
Vima Takto-Soter Megas
Æ Tet 21mm 8.5g
CE 80-100
scepter
tamgha on horse r holding axe tamgha
Senior B17.1vT

 

I've got a good handful of ancient Indian coins! And probably twice as many from the later medieval period from various Muslim and Hindu kingdoms. Here are some of my ancients!

Unsure silver karshapana


Unsure silver karshapana


Unsure silver half(?) karshapana


Post-Mauryan India
c. 184-150 BCE | Anonymous
AE Rectangle Punchmarked Piece
0.98 grams | 9x10mm


Post-Mauryan India
c. 184-150 BCE | Anonymous
AE Rectangle Punchmarked Piece
1.41 grams | 10x11mm


Satavahana Dynasty of India
c. 200-100 BCE | Anonymous
BI Karshapana (or potin?)


Satavahana Dynasty of India
c. 200-100 BCE | Anonymous
BI Karshapana (or potin?)


Indo-Scythian India
35 BCE - 5 CE | Azes II (unless...)
AE Quarter Unit | 2.27 grams | 16mm


Nagas of Narwar
c. 200-340 CE | Anonymous
AE Unit | 0.89 grams | 8mm



Western Kshatrapas
Rudrasena IV | 383-388 CE
AR Drachm | 1.46 grams​

 

Indian coins aren't my main focus, but I do dabble a bit. Here's one type I own that hasn't been shown yet in this thread:

Indo-Greek, Philoxenos (c.100-95 BC), AE Square Unit.

 

Nice!