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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3792884, member: 98035"]Great presentation!</p><p><br /></p><p>I had owned an example just like your Basel bracteate pfennig, but sold it some time ago to a member of another forum who actively collected the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do own one bracteate coin which is neither medieval, silver, nor European.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post-Gupta India</p><p>Sharabhapuriya kingdom</p><p>Prasannamitra, ca 500 AD</p><p>AV quarter dinar? 17mm, 1.31g</p><p>Obv: Garuda flanked by Chakra wheel, Sankh shell, moon and sun, legend "SriPraSaNaMiTra", Kalasha below</p><p>Rev: Incuse of same</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1013384[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also from India, there is a series of bracteate copies in gold of other gold coins, ranging from Roman/Byzantine solidii, Sassanian, Kushan, and Hunnic coins. They do not seem to be coins however, and some think they were associated with burial practices.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this thinking I was getting a bracteate copy of a Kanishka II dinar (Oesho and Nandi) but in hand I see the Latin letters KE. I have no idea what this is, what it's made of, or if it's even old.</p><p>Maybe AE, or extremely dilute AV?</p><p>23mm, 0.38g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1013388[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3792884, member: 98035"]Great presentation! I had owned an example just like your Basel bracteate pfennig, but sold it some time ago to a member of another forum who actively collected the series. I do own one bracteate coin which is neither medieval, silver, nor European. Post-Gupta India Sharabhapuriya kingdom Prasannamitra, ca 500 AD AV quarter dinar? 17mm, 1.31g Obv: Garuda flanked by Chakra wheel, Sankh shell, moon and sun, legend "SriPraSaNaMiTra", Kalasha below Rev: Incuse of same [ATTACH=full]1013384[/ATTACH] Also from India, there is a series of bracteate copies in gold of other gold coins, ranging from Roman/Byzantine solidii, Sassanian, Kushan, and Hunnic coins. They do not seem to be coins however, and some think they were associated with burial practices. I bought this thinking I was getting a bracteate copy of a Kanishka II dinar (Oesho and Nandi) but in hand I see the Latin letters KE. I have no idea what this is, what it's made of, or if it's even old. Maybe AE, or extremely dilute AV? 23mm, 0.38g [ATTACH=full]1013388[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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