NEWP: AR Jital, Spalapati Deva

I'd say something about this coin, but I'm feeling rather lazy and Doug's got a great page on these over at FORVM, so I'll let him do the work.

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/bh.html

 

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Nice example, they're cheap and yet I still havent bought one :/

 

I read Doug's page on these when I first started collecting ancients, and they grabbed my attention, but I didn't go hunting for them. This one came up on eBay today and nobody bid, so I got it for $15. Bing would be proud.

 

What more could you want, a silver coin with a horse and rider, bull. size weight and year maybe???

 

Ive been on a hot streak with bargains on ebay the past week. Got like 8 coins to share still, but I like to spread the sharing.

 

The seller didn't list the dimensions, so I will post a picture of Huns.

 

Very nice! The features have a Celtic+Spanish look.

 

I've been wanting one of those coins as well. They ain't terribly expensive I've noticed.

Congrats on a nice Horseman Jital!

 

Being missing the symbol to the left of the horseman makes ID harder but I have a suspicion. What do you say it is? This same lack makes room for the legend at far right so yours is better than mine in that respect. It is worth $15.

 

Pretty smooth lookin' animal-coin, JA (congrats!!) ... I don't have one of these babies, "yet" (man, I need to buy more coins!!)

 

Interesting...sadly I doubt it's enough to tear me away from Alexandrian coinage.

My preciousssssss!

Very good Mat. Meanwhile, I am still on the wagon.

 

It seems to most closely resemble Tye 5 from your page.

 

I agree.

 

A similar one from me. A bit worn, but i really liked the fat cow.
(AR 17 mm, 3.1 gr)

 

very nice JA, one of these is on my "short list" of coins to get. they're common, but it's kind of hard to find a good one with the full rider/horse and bull...your is about as good as I've seen.

here's my bronze jital of the same era, elephant and lion...