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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2512882, member: 19463&quot;]Lately we have had some interest in Eastern coins so I&#039;ll start another thread on a considerably different piece of silver.&nbsp; It was cheap but after comparing it to others I&#039;ve seen, it is not the worst.&nbsp; Who has one, better or worse.&nbsp; Who has interest in this byway of the hobby.&nbsp; I believe the theory is that these resulted by a move toward independence by a ruler who saw a chance while the Guptas were busy fighting Hephthalites (or some other trouble).&nbsp; His mint was not particularly hi-tech.&nbsp; Like others I have seen, mine weighs 0.7g and is 12mm suggesting that weight standards were more important than die workmanship and striking.&nbsp; Do you see traces of a portrait?&nbsp; Me neither; ask Mitchiner about that one. I do have a nice strike of the Ga reverse left.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]534780[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gupta Succession State north of Malwa (circa 5th Century AD) AR Fraction Mitchiner ACW 4905 - 4909[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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