Ancients => IND0-SKYTHIANS => wha? ... who are those dudes?

Hmmm, that does seem a bit beyond their time, eh?
... if I was a betting man, I'd wager that "Bha" must be a letter in their Indo-Skythian alphabet? (but I'm not much of a betting man)

 

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Very nice!

 

The indo-Scythian alphabet : http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kharosthi.htm
(And i can't make a Bah out of it..)

 

interesting....looks like a "dha" than a "bha".

 

Thanks THCoins => it is pretty difficult to conclusively determine what my coin's squiggle actually represents, but I think I'm correct that it's probably one of those alphabet squiggles, right? (thanks a lot for tracking-down that link ... I appreciate your helpful efforts) ...

cheers

 

Really nice thread - great coins everyone! I haven't taken a foray into this very interesting field of numismatics yet, but I've had my eye on some pieces. They say, "Read the book before you buy the coin," but I could be accused of going overboard with that - if you're a collector, at some point you've got to buy the coin.

 

Hmmm => buy 'em both!!



By the way => my $4.66 book from the UK arrived in the mail today (Roman Coins by CHV Sutherland)

 

And a flagrant double-post from the Zeus thread:
(Azes I drachm)