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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4212983, member: 74834"]<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-leader-coin-thread-by-theme-for-all-types-of-coins-tokens-and-medals.299335/page-257#post-4207919" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-leader-coin-thread-by-theme-for-all-types-of-coins-tokens-and-medals.299335/page-257#post-4207919">Here's one</a>. It's from the early 8th century in Gandhara (now Pakistan, around Islamabad), issued by the Turk Shahi Kings of Kabul and Gandhara. The name of the ruler is tentatively considered <i>Sandan</i>. It's not certain what the gold plug was for. And the inlay being so small, didn't whip up the value much either. Here's a <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=2795" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=2795" rel="nofollow">coin like thes</a>e discussed on Zeno. It's a large, impressive silver coin measuring 30 mm and weighing 3.2 gr. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1079534[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4212983, member: 74834"][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-leader-coin-thread-by-theme-for-all-types-of-coins-tokens-and-medals.299335/page-257#post-4207919']Here's one[/URL]. It's from the early 8th century in Gandhara (now Pakistan, around Islamabad), issued by the Turk Shahi Kings of Kabul and Gandhara. The name of the ruler is tentatively considered [I]Sandan[/I]. It's not certain what the gold plug was for. And the inlay being so small, didn't whip up the value much either. Here's a [URL='https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=2795']coin like thes[/URL]e discussed on Zeno. It's a large, impressive silver coin measuring 30 mm and weighing 3.2 gr. [ATTACH=full]1079534[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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