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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 5391146, member: 82322&quot;]After 20 years of handling ancient coins I finally broke one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1231807[/ATTACH] </p><p>India Amirs of Multan, Shibl 840-861/4 AD, AR Damma, Brahmi Jayanta Raja, 0.37g, 12mm</p><p>Obverse: Sharada legend जयंत राज – (Sri Jayaṃta Rāja standing for Sri Jayanta Raja - “Sri Victorious Raja”).</p><p>Reverse: Stylised fire altar of three dots, stylized Sharada “Sri” above, ‘Ta’ to left and ‘Pa’ to right, Arabic ﻞﯿﺳ (Lillah Shibl – “Shibl in God”) below.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin survived a trip through the USPS high speed sorting machines but did not survive me attempting to remove it from its mylar flip for rephotographing.</p><p><br /></p><p>It wasn&#039;t an expensive coin but was pretty nice for this early Islamic issue from India.</p><p><br /></p><p>Should I glue it back together or keep it busted as a reminder to be careful with thin coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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