[h=1][/h]Hello I found these on a flea market and the seller told me that he thinks they're from Pakistan/Afghanistan. I did some searching on Google before I came here and identified one of them as possibly "Kushan" while the other looks Greek to me. But I could be totally wrong. I'm hoping that someone here might have an answer as to where they're from!
Best guess is the coin on the left is trying to me a Indo-Greek, and on the right it looks like a Kushan. Both make me nervous, not the least that gold like this would show up at a flea market.
Thank you for your reply! I have no idea if they're gold or not. I have no way of checking the exact weight in gr. or oz. (at least not today). I'd need to find a scale that can weigh them. I only paid $2 for each of them so I guess if they're fake it doesn't matter. Unfortunately the seller didn't know anything else about them. These were the only coins he had and he wasn't a coin expert either.
I know for a fact the Kushan type was only struck in gold. For bronze coins they had different designs, so I believe this is proving its a fake gold coin. I believe the indo-greek, (or Bactrian if you prefer), is also a gold only design, so it has the same story. The Indo-greek coin would be from around 100bc, and the Kushan around 250-300 ad.
Ardatirion is more direct than I. Plus, he knows them better than I do, being more of a bronze man in these cultures. Btw, does it look like that Bactrian is trying to copy Menander? I faintly recognize the portrait, but it looks like a cartoon version of it.
