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Message:: [QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 7564572, member: 84744"]That's a spectacular example, [USER=116315]@Claudius_Gothicus[/USER], congrats!  It looks lustrous with some lovely toning, and it's also well centred for these (in my limited experience). I have three common examples:[ATTACH=full]1304281[/ATTACH]Nahapana (c. 105-125) [ATTACH=full]1304284[/ATTACH]Rudrasena I (200-222) [ATTACH=full]1304283[/ATTACH]Vijayasena (239-250) I'd love to get a Chastana, like [USER=57364]@THCoins[/USER]' example! I find the ubiquitous "three-arched hill" symbolism quite fascinating... is it certain that it's a Buddhist symbol?  You call it a "stupa" here; another term that's used is "chaitya."  I'm unclear on the difference.  The reliquary enclosed by a dome usually has a single arch, and the arched entryways of the hall also are single arched.  Whereas this symbol comes with three or more arches, stacked, often with a crescent on top.  This has never made any sense to me! Here's one on a late Mauryan punchmark coin (bottom right on the obv.):[ATTACH=full]1304288[/ATTACH] And on a transitional issue from Taxila while the Mauryan empire was crumbling, but before the Indo-Greeks had established control:[ATTACH=full]1304285[/ATTACH]Post-Mauryan: Gandhara/Taxila c. 200-180 BCE, AE karshapana Any further info you have on the "three-arched hill" would be gratefully received![/QUOTE]