Ancient - BAY STATE SHOW - The BIG Find!

Huge Show. There were many, many ancients dealers, well dressed many in suits and ties, selling coins tagged at a Gajillion dollars. A good majority with coins worth more than the Prius I drove up there. I would say most of the ancient dealers were "well known" and versed in what they sold. As for my self I was awed but not interested. (I really would have taken one of each!) Clad in my comfy jeans and Woody-wood Pecker T-shirt, I set out on my mission. That mission was to not leave the show empty handed.

After about 3 hours of searching junk boxes and seeing what the "non ancient guys with ancients had" I found myself still empty handed limited only by budget. At this point I am feeling well frankly very poor. Parroozing the dealers, I sit down with at an empty table of one gentleman who has some super high grade Roman Republic and Parthian coins...Gorgeous but again out of my budget. Just as I was about to give up, the hair on the back of my neck stood up. I said to the gentleman, "You got Huns, Indians and junk?" He said, "Huns, I have one or two, but I collect those!" His Huns were nice but way out of my price range and one was right there and would have been coming home with me but then I knew why my hair stood up! As he dumped out his "junk", I saw something only me would see, he attributed the coin correctly but did not make the connection.

Several Huge silver Indian punch mark coins. That's right HUGE PUNCHMARK coins!!
I said that I didn't own any of the larger punch mark coins, and I wanted one of the three, after learning about my Hun interest I was able to strike a very good deal. This coin is one of two coins, I walked home with. Of the three I selected this one on a coin flip. The other one was triangular and a tad larger but had many punchs and the big punch has been obliterated by the centuries. So I opted for the one with the nice punchs and surface.

India,
Janapada, Shakya Republic
Anonymous ( c. 600-500 BC)
Lifetime and Homeland of Gautama Buddha.
AR Archaic 5 Shana
30.4 mm x 14.6 mm x 6.79 g
Unifaced: Primary Punch- Two Crescents (one with a root)
Five secondary punch marks.
Note: Cupric Deposit on reverse.
ref: Rajgor 534

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Whoo! That's a nice "finger bar" you got there Anoob.

Keep it coming.

 

Now that is intriguing. I know nothing of these, so I guess it's time to look them up.

It's great that you left the show with a couple of pieces that you really wanted. Coins are through the roof, no matter what you collect. I don't know who's buying the pricey stuff in a recessed economy. Is it just wishful thinking on the part of dealers? Do they expect you to haggle everything down? I hate haggling.

 

Very cool ... ummm, but eh-heh-heh, I am not 100% sure what I'm lookin' at? (but it is all cool!!)

SUMMARY => you have a 2600 year old lil' bar of silver with some countermarks on it, correct?

=> if so, then full fricken points!! (good job, Noob ... well played)

 

Very interesting, as usual. Can you post more info about these, or links for further reading?

 

Lifetime and Homeland of Gautama Buddha.

Call it a Lifetime coin from the Homeland of THE BUDDHA!!!

 

I went to the show Friday in search of a 1895-O Barber dime that dealer Brad Kosoff had put aside for me to look at. Did a trade plus cash and got that key. Plus picked up a 1896-O barber dime for $40. Those two coins finished off a set I have spent years putting together.
I like the show outside of Boston alot better than when it was in Boston.
Lots to see and a great selection kept me there a couple of hours.

 

I wish I had known you were there Collect89 and I were there all day Friday!!
I am glad you were able to find what you needed, it makes the day doesn't it.

 

Not much...

Look here...
http://www.coinindia.com/galleries-shakya.html

and here...

http://www.numismall.com/acc/Shakya-Janapada-600-400-BC-homeland-of-Buddha-c-11478/

 

Yea collect89 has got what you would be looking for! Trust!

 

*cough* Batman "likes" it.

 

Huh ... well, sounds like you've got some pretty heavy-hittin' endorsements, eh?

=> hurry-up then, A-Noob => you'd better buy 'em all!!

 

********
yeah I was wondering if anyone from this forum was there. I usually just make the rounds of the dealers I know and see what's new.
Anyone going to Auburn tomorrow?

 

I retired long enough ago that my last expensive suit is older than most of the coins sold at those shows. Most dealers I buy from don't wear suits. There are a couple that I regularly wish good health partly because they are my friends and partly because shows will be worthless to me when their generation passes. Because we have a couple new people here on CT, I'll publicize my Coin Show pages. The numbers may be a bit out of date ($100 in 2001 is $200 now) but the fun remains the same as long as there are dealers without neckties in attendance.
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinshow2011.html

 

Master Noob, awesome piece, i do 1 to 2 show's a year, maybe next year, the wifey and i can come out go to the show and see the sites..

 

ahaha ... man, you crack me up with that dry sh*t of yours! (well played)

 

And I truly hope you do! I'd take vacation for that!

 

I believe that the moderators have something to say about replaced letters.

No offense, just don't want ya to get in trouble.

 

Awesome pick up! I look forward to my first coin show. I did find out that just on the other side of the bridge from me every other week there is a small 8 dealer or so coin bourse. Going to check it out tomorrow before the Banjo Bowl (Football game Winnipeg vs Saskatchewan)

 

oh wow, if you didn't do a wright up i wouldn't have known what the heck that was, would have guessed one of those mauryan squares...very cool...and ancient even for the ancients.