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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2275082, member: 51347&quot;]I have a smattering of several areas that I collect:&nbsp; Ancient India (earliest coin mintage dates rival that of the earliest, and supposed first coinage of the West in present day Turkey). Also, ancient Chinese Cash, ancient Sri Lanka, Hun, Parthia, Persian, and several from the NON-Greek empire of Carthage (everyone classifies them as &quot;Greek&quot; when they were RIVALS to Greek culture, and were eventually eradicated by Republican Rome).</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I recently captured a very special coin to me:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]453828[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]453830[/ATTACH]</p><p>India - Shakya Janapada</p><p>AR 5-Shana</p><p>6th-5th Century BCE</p><p>25mm x 21mm, 7.05g</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Central Pentagonal punch plus several banker&#039;s marks</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Blank</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Hirano Type I.8.29</p><p>Coinage from the Ghaghara Gandak River region.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this time, any of the 16 &quot;Janapada&quot; was defined as a tribe, country, kingdom, or a republic in northern India. Shakya was a Republic (ah, I love the Republics!), in northern India near present day Nepal.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best-known man from Shakya was Prince Siddhartha Shakya. He later gained enlightenment and became know as Buddha Gautama or Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin, being from the Janapada and the time, was quite likely produced during and under the authority of the Man who became the Buddha.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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