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Tiger will also do.....!

 

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Sorry but you said Gupta first. We need to start trying to post these so they are possible for someone to post other than a coin like the last one. I don't have a Gupta tiger. My Kumaraguptas have Garuda birds so I'll post a Skandagupta (455-467 AD) drachm with a bull. At least its a mammal.

Next: Indian with a portrait head of the ruler but not named Gupta

 

Kushano-Sasassian Empire: ex Adams CNG
AV Dinar ND Boxlo Mint
Ardashir I 270-300AD

 

I see a full length portrait rather than a head and no 'Next' topic.

 

Rudrasena I (200-222, Western Satraps)


Next: Coin with three-headed god

 

Kidding...that was just so I could post this one.

Ujjain: 155-120 BC, 3-headed deity holding spear/Ujjaini symbol. (This may be an early appearance of Shiva in 3-headed form.)


This was probably the only way this coin was going to make it to CoinTalk, and it wanted its 30 seconds of fame. While I welcome more 3-headed deities (does Cerberus count?) a more realistic next theme is: Somehow related to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. (calling @AnYangMan, @TypeCoin971793, @Loong Siew, @Ancientnoob, @Ken Dorney, or maybe @Alegandron or @Sallent... time to get some more Chinese stuff in here. )

 

I hear you @Severus Alexander ...

Romance of the 3 Kingdoms..


Shu Kingdom. Liu Bei "zhi bai wu zhu " worth 100 wu zhu.



Kingdom of Wei. Cao Cao's descendants. Cao Wei wu zhu.

Kingdom of Wu. Sun Quan. Dang Quan Wu Bai. Equivalent Worth of 500 coins.

 

@Loong Siew -- now you have to tell us what the next theme is so we can post a coin with the theme.

 

Let's go with lost languages or writing?

 

Obulco
After 150 BC
AE As
Obvs: OBVLCO, Female head right.
Revs: Iberic inscription Tikueki & Botilkes between plow and wheat ear.
23x29mm, 10.34g

Next highly stylized

 

My contribution


Western Xia Dynasty - Da An Bao Qian

Tangut script. "Thah Ray Nee Ndzen". Hartill 18.91.

 

Highly stylized (horseman/bull): Ghorid dynasty, Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad (1171-1206), AE jital, Delhi mint.


Next: Delhi sultanate (emerged from the Ghorid dynasty - the first Delhi Sultan was Qutub al-Din Aibak, a former slave of Mu'izz.)

 

Beautiful

 

AV Tanka AH 718 Hadrat Dehli
Sultan Mubarakshah I 1316-20AD
next theme square coins

 

Kings of Bactria. Menander I (c. 166/55-130 BC).
AE square Unit (13mm, 2.64 g).
Obverse: BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MENANΔPOΣ, head of elephant right wearing bell around neck.
Reverse: Legend in Karoshti around club.
References: Mitchiner 134, Type 239.

Next theme: Bactrian.

 

Theme: Baktrian.

Eukratides I, c. 171-135 BC.
AR 10. 0.69 grams. Obol
King Eukratides in Greek on the reverse, which has two caps of the Dioscuri.

Sear Greek Coins 7578. SNG Copenhagen VII 275

Next: Obol

 

THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, MYGDONES or KRESTONES
AR Obol
OBVERSE: Goat kneeling left, head reverted, solid rosette above, pellet to
left
REVERSE: Quadripartite incuse square
Struck at Thrace, 480-470 BC
.79g, 11mm
Lorber, Goats, Issue 6; AMNG III 14
(Aigai); HPM pl. III, 16; Traité pl. XLIX, 8; SNG ANS
Ex-NN Auction 46

Next: Incuse Square

 

Macedon, Akanthos
AR Tetrobol, 2.48g, 424-380 BC
Obverse: Forepart of kneeling bull left, head looking back.
Reverse: Shallow quadripartite incuse square.
References: SNG ANS-47

Next theme: Bull!

 

Sybaris AR nomos bull / incuse bull (NOT a brockage)

Next: incuse but not a square

 

incuse but not a square


PERSIA Achaemenid Daris I-Xerxes II 485-420 BC AV Daric 14mm 8.3g LydoMilesian Sardes king wearing kidaris kandys quiver spear bow Incuse Carr Type IIIb Group A-B pl XIII 27

Next Theme: INCUSE SQUARE