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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8077881, member: 84744&quot;]I&#039;m sorry to have missed this thread from months ago.&nbsp; I&#039;m very interested in these coins too, and was also flabbergasted by that sale result in Leu. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; It&#039;s very cool that you have an original Roman example that came from an Indian hoard!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my Indian imitation of a Tiberius denarius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402257[/ATTACH] </p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] has an excellent one of these, with a much more abstract bust.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a small group of the later ones, found in Tamil Nadu state, from Steve Album.&nbsp; Here are two I kept, one the GLORIA EXERCITVS type, and the other I think must be based on a VOTA wreath type, though it could also be a purely local invention.&nbsp; I find it interesting that some of the busts are quite Roman looking (like the first one below) while others (including the second one below) have a much more Indian flavour.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402258[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402259[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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