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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 22634306, member: 99456"]Here's a coin that you don't stumble on in every auction....I don't think Sulla ever made it as far east as Punjab or Nepal, but this coin is from my favorite time period. In hand this coin resembles a bactrian drachm.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1545021[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Kuninda, Maharaja Amoghabuti</b>, ca. 150-80 BC, AR drachm (2.11g), HGC 12-850, AICR-1144</p><p><b>Obv: </b>stag standing right, vase symbol above rump, pair of cobra symbols above antlers, three-arched hill symbol between legs, Lakshmi standing facing to right, holding flower</p><p><b>Rev: </b>six-arched hill, triratana above, swastika above indradhvaja to left, railed tree to right, wave below</p><p><br /></p><p>For more on this coin see: </p><ul> <li>My notes on this coin: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-from-ancient-india" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-from-ancient-india" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-from-ancient-india</a> <br /> </li> <li>Majumdar, S. B. (2009). <i><b><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/44147750" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/44147750" rel="nofollow">RE-EVALUATING THE KUNINDA COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM</a>.</b></i> <i>Proceedings of the Indian History Congress</i>, <i>70</i>, 1049–1061.</li> <li>From Alex @ AncientCoins.ca <a href="http://www.ancientcoins.ca/kuninda/kuninda.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancientcoins.ca/kuninda/kuninda.htm" rel="nofollow"><b><u>Silver and bronze coinage of the Kunindas</u></b></a> </li> </ul><p><b>Post your coins of Kuninda and Bactria, OR coins that are "not something you see every day" OR anything else you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 22634306, member: 99456"]Here's a coin that you don't stumble on in every auction....I don't think Sulla ever made it as far east as Punjab or Nepal, but this coin is from my favorite time period. In hand this coin resembles a bactrian drachm. [ATTACH=full]1545021[/ATTACH] [B]Kuninda, Maharaja Amoghabuti[/B], ca. 150-80 BC, AR drachm (2.11g), HGC 12-850, AICR-1144 [B]Obv: [/B]stag standing right, vase symbol above rump, pair of cobra symbols above antlers, three-arched hill symbol between legs, Lakshmi standing facing to right, holding flower [B]Rev: [/B]six-arched hill, triratana above, swastika above indradhvaja to left, railed tree to right, wave below For more on this coin see: [LIST] [*]My notes on this coin: [URL]https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-from-ancient-india[/URL] [*]Majumdar, S. B. (2009). [I][B][URL='http://www.jstor.org/stable/44147750']RE-EVALUATING THE KUNINDA COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM[/URL].[/B][/I] [I]Proceedings of the Indian History Congress[/I], [I]70[/I], 1049–1061. [*]From Alex @ AncientCoins.ca [URL='http://www.ancientcoins.ca/kuninda/kuninda.htm'][B][U]Silver and bronze coinage of the Kunindas[/U][/B][/URL] [/LIST] [B]Post your coins of Kuninda and Bactria, OR coins that are "not something you see every day" OR anything else you find interesting or entertaining.[/B][/QUOTE]
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