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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 2192021, member: 44140&quot;]These I purchased fully attributed from Dr. Alex Fishman who is an expert in Ancient Indian numismatics. As far as I knew the only coins that could be attributed to a specific ruler. Is Ashoka. The triple circle symbol and the soldier standing is unique to his reign. I wish I knew more. I was reading in </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Indian-Coinage-Systematic-Economy-Janapada/dp/8124600511/ref=la_B001ICJDCU_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1436496407&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Indian-Coinage-Systematic-Economy-Janapada/dp/8124600511/ref=la_B001ICJDCU_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1436496407&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Indian-Coinage-Systematic-Economy-Janapada/dp/8124600511/ref=la_B001ICJDCU_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1436496407&amp;sr=1-1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>that this punch mark coin type were circulated from the 4th century BC until at least the second century AD, and even circulated in the central Asian as active part on the Kushan monetary system. It is said that under close examination the &quot;punch marks&quot; were not done all at the same type but have various levels of wear, and generally have one central symbol sun or a round armed symbol for example, and varying later added symbols, in differing orders of application. This may indicate that these are official state issue, with a symbol of a particular ruler whose name is now lost. These may very well had been counter marked by ancient corporations to OK its use for specific deals . Its a very good read and I plan on reading it again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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