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<p>[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 7965373, member: 118780"]That's a beautiful drachma!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a karshapana from Chandragupta Maurya. OK, it's not possible to attribute punch marked coins to any specific emperor, and even the approximate dates from Gupta + Hardaker are disputed, but I'm sticking to this attribution.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1381079[/ATTACH] </p><p>Obverse Five official punches.</p><p>Reverse Traces of unofficial banker's marks</p><p>Date c. 4th-3rd century BCE</p><p>Weight 3.15 gm.</p><p>Dimensions 16 x 14 mm.</p><p>Reference GH 479</p><p>Comments</p><p>According to Gupta and Hardaker, the Series Va coins are the initial issues of the growing Maurya empire. They date these coins to c. 320-270 BCE, the time of Chandragupta Maurya and Bindusara.</p><p>Ex CoinIndia[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 7965373, member: 118780"]That's a beautiful drachma! Here's a karshapana from Chandragupta Maurya. OK, it's not possible to attribute punch marked coins to any specific emperor, and even the approximate dates from Gupta + Hardaker are disputed, but I'm sticking to this attribution. [ATTACH=full]1381079[/ATTACH] Obverse Five official punches. Reverse Traces of unofficial banker's marks Date c. 4th-3rd century BCE Weight 3.15 gm. Dimensions 16 x 14 mm. Reference GH 479 Comments According to Gupta and Hardaker, the Series Va coins are the initial issues of the growing Maurya empire. They date these coins to c. 320-270 BCE, the time of Chandragupta Maurya and Bindusara. Ex CoinIndia[/QUOTE]
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