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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 7593744, member: 112342&quot;]These non-classicals deserve more love!</p><p>Himyarites of southern Yemen, they are famous for trading Frankincense and Myrrh with the Romans and the East!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307935[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Indo-Greeks,</p><p>Menander I drachm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307936[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My area of interest, south Indian Tamil kingdoms,</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307938[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Southernmost coin is Pandya&#039;s, minted around the &#039;Sangam age&#039; of 300 BCE- 300AD. Korkai was their harbour, which traded with the Greeks, Rome and China, the Madurai coin was minted after gaining independence from the Cholas. The Chola gold shows the conquest of the neighboring kingdoms of Chera, and Pandya, depicted as the royal emblems-Cholan tiger, flanked by the Pandyan twin fish to its right, and the Cheran bow behind the tiger, all under the single rule symbolized by the umbrella, minted in the city of Thanjavur (not in this map, coz it&#039;s a much older map, but the city is around 60 kms East of Uraiyur). And finally, The Cheras are Kongu Chera clan from Karur, depicting bow and arrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last but not least, the coins that bridge the Western/Eastern cultures, Roman imitative issues from Sri Lanka! <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-coins-from-sri-lanka.380242/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-coins-from-sri-lanka.380242/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-coins-from-sri-lanka.380242/</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307941[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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