Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 5962771, member: 51347&quot;]LOL, I have to toss this out there...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>India Maurya ser VIB AR Karshapana punchmark 270-175 BCE</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Mine has a <b>&quot;Hill Chicken&quot;.&nbsp; </b>I looked it up, and they also call it a Peacock...&nbsp; I like Hill Chicken... And mine has TWO Hill Chickens....</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2016-9-6_19-4-49-png.534774/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>India Maurya </b></p><p><b>Series VIB </b></p><p><b>AR Karshapana punchmark 270-175 BCE</b></p><p>Here is the seller&#039;s description (got this some time ago)</p><p><b>Obverse</b> Five official punches. </p><p>(See image below for the official marks)</p><p><b>Reverse</b> One small official mark</p><p><b>Date</b> c. 270-175 BCE</p><p><b>Weight</b> 3.14 gm.</p><p><b>Dimensions</b> 15 x 12 mm.</p><p><b>Die axis</b> n.a.</p><p><b>Reference</b> GH 570</p><p><b>Comments</b></p><p><b>According to Gupta and Hardaker, the Series VIb coins are issues of the Mauryan empire at its peak. They date these coins to c. 270-175 BCE, the time of Ashoka and his successors. <b>Ashoka, of course, was the emperor who spread the word of the Buddha throughout his empire. </b>The Series VIb coins have a small official punch on the reverse, which repeats one of the punches on the obverse. This coin has a peacock/Hill Chicken on a three-arched hill as its obverse and reverse mark.</b></p><p><b><b>Image of punches:</b></b></p><p><b><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/36/8/6/8Yrer9NsJj6mi4HmgL2G3oXdF7Pdf9.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/36/8/6/8Yrer9NsJj6mi4HmgL2G3oXdF7Pdf9.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/36/8/5/8Yrer9NsJj6mi4HmgL2G3oXdF7Pdf9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in