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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3746088, member: 85693"]Good question, but heck if I know. I am just starting out on these. The article I noted above (by Gul Rahim Khan and M. Nasim Khan) discusses the denominations and weights for Vima Kadphises - the OP fits the di-drachm standard: </p><p><br /></p><p>"The copper coins of this ruler are usually known in three denominations such as tetra-drachm (c. 17 gm), di-drachm (8.5 gm) and drachm (4.2 gm) units of Attic standard. This kind of weight analysis representing copper coins of Vima Kadphises and other Kushan rulers was elaborately discussed by MacDowall (1960). The heavy unit coins (tetradrachm) of this ruler are more common than the lower denominations of copper."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/38857290/Copper_Coins_of_Vima_Kadphises_in_the_National_Museum_of_Pakistan_Karachi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/38857290/Copper_Coins_of_Vima_Kadphises_in_the_National_Museum_of_Pakistan_Karachi" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0066cc">https://www.academia.edu/38857290/C...es_in_the_National_Museum_of_Pakistan_Karachi</span></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps this was a new standard? Bumped up from the earlier weights of Soter Megas? Perhaps something was going on like Roman Egyptian tetradrachms, where the weights and finesse fluctuated? I just don't know. But again, good question.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3746088, member: 85693"]Good question, but heck if I know. I am just starting out on these. The article I noted above (by Gul Rahim Khan and M. Nasim Khan) discusses the denominations and weights for Vima Kadphises - the OP fits the di-drachm standard: "The copper coins of this ruler are usually known in three denominations such as tetra-drachm (c. 17 gm), di-drachm (8.5 gm) and drachm (4.2 gm) units of Attic standard. This kind of weight analysis representing copper coins of Vima Kadphises and other Kushan rulers was elaborately discussed by MacDowall (1960). The heavy unit coins (tetradrachm) of this ruler are more common than the lower denominations of copper." [URL='https://www.academia.edu/38857290/Copper_Coins_of_Vima_Kadphises_in_the_National_Museum_of_Pakistan_Karachi'][COLOR=#0066cc]https://www.academia.edu/38857290/C...es_in_the_National_Museum_of_Pakistan_Karachi[/COLOR][/URL] Perhaps this was a new standard? Bumped up from the earlier weights of Soter Megas? Perhaps something was going on like Roman Egyptian tetradrachms, where the weights and finesse fluctuated? I just don't know. But again, good question.[/QUOTE]
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