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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 794234, member: 19463&quot;]<b>today</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I got three today from India ($38 total) but most interesting to me was this Delhi Raja Ananga 1130-1145 AD (Tye AWC 813) that shows legend right of the horse.&nbsp; The photo shows off to poor advantage the very base billon of the coin.&nbsp; I&#039;d guess it is 20% silver?</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/121311186.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So far 2010 has provided me with 6 coins.&nbsp; Five were bull/horsemen Jitals (a current obsession) so I&#039;ll add the other - a Peroz Sasanian (Kirman mint).</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/image/121319507.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the last year I have really cut back on Classical and started exploring things I never studied before.&nbsp; Many of them are relatively ugly or crude and they all seem to use an alphabet that I have to term &#039;squiggles&#039;.&nbsp; After a few months a few letters are starting to sink in but Asian coins really make Greek look easy to read.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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