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<p>[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 2041009, member: 42634"]picked this up recently, had a 10 ratti nagas of narwar, but this one is a 20 ratti.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5512_zpse2a36e60.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5512_zpse2a36e60.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/102_5512_zpse2a36e60.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Nagas of Narwar</p><p>Ganapati Naga</p><p>4th Century AD</p><p>Mitchiner ACW 4742+</p><p>Obverse: Humped bull standing left. in dotted border</p><p>Reverse: In Brahmi:'Maharaja Sri Ganendra'.</p><p>9 mm</p><p>1.9g</p><p>Provenance: Ex Mctears lot, UK</p><p><br /></p><p>here's a picture with my nice 10 ratti on the left. note they are the same size. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5523_zpsb040eba2.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5523_zpsb040eba2.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/102_5523_zpsb040eba2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>one of you guys mentioned that the difference in the denominations was the width, and not the diameter. that is certainly the case. here is the side shot..</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5530_zps398c307a.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5530_zps398c307a.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/102_5530_zps398c307a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>the coin on the left is 1.0g, so the thickness (edge size...what the term????) is twice that of the 10 ratti. </p><p><br /></p><p>i originally bid on this as a secret santa gift, but i ended up winning the auction for 1.98 including shipping. felt cheap mailing it off, so just kept if for myself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 2041009, member: 42634"]picked this up recently, had a 10 ratti nagas of narwar, but this one is a 20 ratti. [URL='http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5512_zpse2a36e60.jpg.html'][IMG]http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/102_5512_zpse2a36e60.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Nagas of Narwar Ganapati Naga 4th Century AD Mitchiner ACW 4742+ Obverse: Humped bull standing left. in dotted border Reverse: In Brahmi:'Maharaja Sri Ganendra'. 9 mm 1.9g Provenance: Ex Mctears lot, UK here's a picture with my nice 10 ratti on the left. note they are the same size. [URL='http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5523_zpsb040eba2.jpg.html'][IMG]http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/102_5523_zpsb040eba2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] one of you guys mentioned that the difference in the denominations was the width, and not the diameter. that is certainly the case. here is the side shot.. [URL='http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_5530_zps398c307a.jpg.html'][IMG]http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/102_5530_zps398c307a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] the coin on the left is 1.0g, so the thickness (edge size...what the term????) is twice that of the 10 ratti. i originally bid on this as a secret santa gift, but i ended up winning the auction for 1.98 including shipping. felt cheap mailing it off, so just kept if for myself.[/QUOTE]
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