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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;greekandromancoins, post: 2887006, member: 87990&quot;]Hi Jake,</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin looks like an Indian &quot;Punch&quot; coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>See e.g. <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=karshapanas&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=karshapanas&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=karshapanas&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;company=</a></p><p><br /></p><p>However, I am unfamiliar with Indian Coins.&nbsp; Hopefully someone more knowledgable can jump in to assist.&nbsp; The pattern on your coin is certainly similar to coin 2 of plate 1 in my copy of Coins of Ancient India by A. Cunningham. That coin is a silver Karshapana (or Purana).</p><p><br /></p><p>Try this website here. You should be able to find a similar coin and attribution: <a href="http://coinindia.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinindia.com/" rel="nofollow">http://coinindia.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, on this page there are coins similar to yours in appearance: <a href="http://coinindia.com/galleries-magadha.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinindia.com/galleries-magadha.html" rel="nofollow">http://coinindia.com/galleries-magadha.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Peter[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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