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<p>[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8217481, member: 128351"]I don't know what it is supposed to be, but it is surely not a rhino. The Indians know very well what rhinos look like because they have plenty of them in their country and could make realistic depictions of rhinos on their coins. This gold coin of Kumaragupta I (415-447) is a good example (not my coin, it's in the British Museum in London):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442621[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8217481, member: 128351"]I don't know what it is supposed to be, but it is surely not a rhino. The Indians know very well what rhinos look like because they have plenty of them in their country and could make realistic depictions of rhinos on their coins. This gold coin of Kumaragupta I (415-447) is a good example (not my coin, it's in the British Museum in London): [ATTACH=full]1442621[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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