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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2363394, member: 42634&quot;]i recently picked up a small batch of small sunga cast squares. if your not familiar with the sunga empire, it was a post-mauryan empire of the 2nd and 1st centuries BC in modern day northeastern india, bangladesh, nepal.</p><p><br /></p><p>i&#039;ve wanted one of these for a while, but wanted to get one where you could see the symbols clearly.&nbsp; picked up a small lot that had several nice ones, and one i&#039;m not familiar with.&nbsp; here are the common types...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_7660_zpsgn2tpgxx.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_7660_zpsgn2tpgxx.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_7660_zpsgn2tpgxx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"> Sunga Empire, AE 1/2 karashapana, 2nd-1 Century BC </font></p><p>O: elephant above tree and swastika, phosopholipid(?) left, R: hollow cross, three arched hill with crescent, phosophlipid (?) and potted plant (?), 14 mm, 2.5 g, Mitchiner ACW 4348-4352?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>i see these usually listed as a 1/2 karashapana, so i just went with the flow.&nbsp; i&#039;m not sure what some of the symbols are.&nbsp;&nbsp; what i call a &quot;phospholipid&quot; is sometimes called a &quot;bulls head&quot;.&nbsp; the the &quot;horns&quot; are usually not pointed the right way, so i&#039;m unconvinced.</p><p><br /></p><p>here&#039;s a phospholipid (a cell membrane component...totally unknown to ancients...just what i call it until someone tells me better).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yosra_Elnaggar/publication/260216029/figure/fig1/AS:297016086286343@1447825561978/Fig-1-Chemical-structure-of-phospholipid-molecules.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>here&#039;s another, similar, but with a&nbsp; different arrangement and the elephant on railroad tracks.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_7666_zpsgjylu9kq.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_7666_zpsgjylu9kq.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_7666_zpsgjylu9kq.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"> Sunga Empire, AE 1/2 karashapana, 2nd-1 Century BC </font></p><p>O: Elephant on rails, tree, swastika, and phospholipid (?) above; R: hollow cross, hill with crescent, potted plant (?), and phospholipid (?), 14 mm, 2.6 g, Mitchiner ACW 4348-4352?</p><p><br /></p><p>here&#039;s a similar coin, but smalller...is it another denomination or the same?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_7691_zpsvotlqyap.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_7691_zpsvotlqyap.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_7691_zpsvotlqyap.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Sunga Empire, AE unit?, 2nd-1 Century BC </font></p><p>O: Elephant on rails, tree, swastika, and phospholipid (?) above; R: hollow cross, hill with crescent, potted plant (?), and phospholipid (?), Mitchiner ACW 4348-4352?, 11 mm, 1.2 g</p><p><br /></p><p>side by side...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_7696_zpseizrdnbt.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_7696_zpseizrdnbt.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_7696_zpseizrdnbt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>ok, this one has me stumped.....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_7682_zpszanaax0v.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_7682_zpszanaax0v.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_7682_zpszanaax0v.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>it&#039;s 11 mm and 1.0g.&nbsp; has some of the same elements as the others, plus the &quot;x with balls&quot; the reverse and a....uh....what the heck is that on the obverse?&nbsp; a donkey with a back tumor?&nbsp; a mule/camel hybrid? </p><p><br /></p><p>calling all eastern expert for a hand here (or anyone else!), i&#039;d appreciate it!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=57364]@THCoins[/USER] [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] [USER=44140]@Ancientnoob[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>feel free to post sunga coins, elephants, unidentifiable animals, or squares square coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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