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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4726645, member: 96898&quot;]Glad you like it! Unfortunately, I don&#039;t know enough about these coins to say how common this mix of production methods was and how to best interpret it. Maybe someone else has an idea?</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought the example above at a coin show from a dealer who had a box full of Satavahana elephant coins and let customers make their choice. I remember that several examples in that box were apparently struck from such &quot;mixed&quot; dies, the rest from the usual dies with rather smooth edges (see the coin below), which I guess may have been cast or produced by means of a punch. If there is a good study of these coins out there, I don&#039;t know it...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157604[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Satavahana Empire, early Satakarni ruler, BI karshapana, ca. 39–107 AD, minted in northern Deccan region. Obv: Elephant with raised trunk r., remains of legend (&quot;Rano Siri Satakanisa&quot;). Revers: Dynastic symbol. 19mm, 2.85g. Ref: Mitchiner 4941–4952.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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