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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 7947626, member: 112342&quot;]Added this Chola era copper pot/box to my collection, it&#039;s my oldest non-coin artifact.</p><p>Circa 10-12th century AD.</p><p>This was offered by an Australian seller, from part of an estate among other antiquities. At first I was skeptical, but pots like these are common and constantly being dug up all over South India.</p><p>These pots were more or less the equivalent of a piggy bank, people stored their coins in these pots for long term saving, (most excavations contain copper coins).</p><p><br /></p><p>This pot is surprising heavy for it&#039;s size, makes me wonder if the metal content of this pot at 397 grams alone would equal the weight of the number of copper coins it could hold.</p><p>Seller&#039;s pics</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1376526[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My image of the pot containing bunch of my Chola coins among other ancient coins, as it&#039;s intended.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1376542[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s a museum display of a hoard of Chola staters next to the pot it contained, notice the similar locking mechanism. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1376544[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your non-numismatic artifacts![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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