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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;THCoins, post: 2363248, member: 57364&quot;]Won&#039;t suprize you that i have some of these. Though relatively few photographed.</p><p>The ones Doug showed nicely show the ingenuity of the ancient mintmasters. They made a coin design that is very resistant to a lot of wear. I agree that worn specimen usualy look better uncleaned. However, better specimen of especially the earlier type can show an amazing depth in the relief, only revealed after cleaning. Unfortunately, these better specimen are difficult to get. Here is a link to a very nice specimen being sold recently on e-bay, unfortunately while i had to work:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ancient-India-Hephthalites-in-Kashmir-Toramana-II-c-AD-540-570-AE-Stater-/272139891326?nma=true&amp;si=7KYYQlxd2%252BV1aYhNQR1sFXfkeSc%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ancient-India-Hephthalites-in-Kashmir-Toramana-II-c-AD-540-570-AE-Stater-/272139891326?nma=true&amp;si=7KYYQlxd2%252BV1aYhNQR1sFXfkeSc%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ancient-India-Hephthalites-in-Kashmir-Toramana-II-c-AD-540-570-AE-Stater-/272139891326?nma=true&amp;si=7KYYQlxd2%2BV1aYhNQR1sFXfkeSc%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p>(The description is incorrect, it is actually an issue of Sankara Varma, ca 880AD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Though this is somewhat earlier (Hunnic ruler Toramana II, posthumous issue), this is one of my own favourites because of the lion:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]482316[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As an addition to Doug: Didda Rani was not the only Kashmir Queen, there was an earlier one: Sugandha Rani (904-906AD)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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