Help needed, please, to identify this coin.

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Topcat7, Nov 27, 2021.

  1. Topcat7

    Topcat7 Still Learning

    I need help, please, to identify this coin.
    I believe that the reverse has an Elephant and rider facing left, and all I can get from the the obverse is a circle of 'dots' around ... ???
    I am thinking Kushan but (almost) all of the Kushan coins, I can find, show the Elephant facing right (the opposite direction). The only Elephants facing left are 'riderless'.

    The Kushans, interestingly, show the riders sitting astride the Elephant as if they were riding a horse - i.e.with the riders legs behind the Elephants front legs, which is the widest part of the beast. If you are to ride an Elephant (without a 'chair'), you have to sit on the neck of the beast, which is not the depiction on the Kushan coins.

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