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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 7596556, member: 98035&quot;]I somehow or another got sucked into Indian coins - probably because of how gosh darned affordable they are! I have a 2&quot; binder smack full of them, and only a handful of them are even worth more than $50, let alone $100. Some favorites that are easy on the budget</p><p><br /></p><p>A pre-Mauryan large module karshapana of Magadha, Series III struck over an older Series II, both completely plastered with banker&#039;s marks</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308328[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin of the great Mauryan empire - this Karshapana has three figures (gingerbread men) on it which makes it special and sought after - before quarantine it was possible to buy more ordinary specimens on ebay for ~$5 all day long.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308329[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>An oft-overlooked major power in Central India - the Satavahanas (anonymous potin karshapana in the name of Satakarni)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308330[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A post-Mauryan wad of copper issued by local banking powers in Taxila - Slightly less common issue with a horse, showing already strong Greek influences</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308331[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The first Indo Greek drachm - Apollodotus I</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308333[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>An Indigenous Indo Greek drachm - Amoghabhuti who lived in about the 2nd century BC and is known only from these coins</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308332[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After the Greeks come the Scythians - Azes, sometimes claimed to have probably imaginary connections to the Biblical Magi</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308334[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Indo-Parthians - Gondophares, also with slightly more credible Biblical connections</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308335[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then another invasion from the Yueh-Chi from eastern Central Asia - Sapadbizes billon hemidrachm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308336[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Post-confederation Kujula Kadphises as king of the Kushans - but imitating a 1st century Roman coin of Augustus/ Tiberius.[ATTACH=full]1308349[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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