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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mike Margolis, post: 3002187, member: 88401&quot;]Special artistic rendition on those! More like coin impressionism vs. realism. </p><p>I just bought this recently.(need to take a my own better photo) I read up on these on a CT post and found also that the silver was actually mined in India. All the ancient silver [ATTACH=full]742982[/ATTACH] European and Mediterranean coins as far as I have found came from mines in Spain and Greece. The price was too reasonable to pass one up.</p><p>Obverse&nbsp; Five official punches.</p><p>Reverse&nbsp; One small official mark</p><p>Date&nbsp; c. 270-175 BCE</p><p>Weight 3.23 gm.</p><p>Dimensions&nbsp; 14 x 12 mm.</p><p>Die axis n.a.</p><p>Reference&nbsp; GH 566</p><p>Comments </p><p>According to Gupta and Hardaker, the Series VIb coins are issues of the Mauryan empire at its peak. They date these coins to c. 270-175 BCE, the time of Ashoka and his successors. Ashoka, of course, was the emperor who spread the word of the Buddha throughout his empire. The Series VIb coins have a small official punch on the reverse, which repeats one of the punches on the obverse. This type always seems to have the symbol with three ellipses.</p><p>It is possible that the standing figure on this coin represents Lord Shiva, and would be one of the earliest representations of the Hindu deity.</p><p>Coin is better in hand than in the photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Image of punches: [ATTACH=full]742984[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Ancient Coins - INDIA, MAURYA: Series VIb punchmarked silver karshapana, GH 566[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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