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Message:: [QUOTE="Finn235, post: 5274027, member: 98035"]Thanks all! [USER=44633]@spirityoda[/USER] - the coins are actually Indian imitations of Persian Sassanian coins, specifically Peroz I - there are a few eBay sellers I buy from regularly, and a month turnaround from the time I pay until it's in my mailbox is the norm. Sometimes it's faster, sometimes it takes longer, but thankfully I have never had a package vanish. For anyone curious about individual pics - Early Gadhaiyas - the great-grandfather of the type posted by [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] and [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] [ATTACH=full]1220658[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1220656[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1220657[/ATTACH] These are kind of like the weird hillbilly cousins- woefully under-studied and poorly understood Sri Va[ATTACH=full]1220661[/ATTACH] Illegible, but probably also Sri Va[ATTACH=full]1220659[/ATTACH] Illegible - zero hope for this one[ATTACH=full]1220660[/ATTACH] And a rare sub-type inscribed Sri Da Ma - prior to the current hoard coming to market, there were thought to be fewer than 20 examples known. Try to see if you can find the face on the first two![ATTACH=full]1220662[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1220663[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1220666[/ATTACH] And a late Kushan AE of Vasudeva II - sadly developed some bronze disease; working on getting it treated[ATTACH=full]1220664[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]