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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 3280902, member: 93416"]It is “GH 575”. I'm fairly sure it is the penultimate imperial issue of Taxila mint - before it fell into rebel hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>Symbols, more details and the argument for that attribution is here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/4645738/Late_Indian_Punchmarked_Coins_in_the_Mir_Zakah_II_Hoard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/4645738/Late_Indian_Punchmarked_Coins_in_the_Mir_Zakah_II_Hoard" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/4645738/Late_Indian_Punchmarked_Coins_in_the_Mir_Zakah_II_Hoard</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>The "1745" piece tempts to speculation. Is it US found - as lordmarcovan speculates? As I best recall the educated Gaelic elites tended to flee Scotland voluntarily, and to the US, rather directly in the wake of the '45 (Culloden). Unlike the greater mass of the West Scottish population who were cleared out to make way for sheep, especially after 1815, and primarily went to Canada.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 3280902, member: 93416"]It is “GH 575”. I'm fairly sure it is the penultimate imperial issue of Taxila mint - before it fell into rebel hands. Symbols, more details and the argument for that attribution is here: [url]https://www.academia.edu/4645738/Late_Indian_Punchmarked_Coins_in_the_Mir_Zakah_II_Hoard[/url] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The "1745" piece tempts to speculation. Is it US found - as lordmarcovan speculates? As I best recall the educated Gaelic elites tended to flee Scotland voluntarily, and to the US, rather directly in the wake of the '45 (Culloden). Unlike the greater mass of the West Scottish population who were cleared out to make way for sheep, especially after 1815, and primarily went to Canada. Rob T[/QUOTE]
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