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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3048850, member: 91461"]Alright, I've been sitting on this guy since I went to my last coin show...in January! And I just don't trust my IDing (since I cannot read the language I'm just looking for patterns in squiggles and curves).</p><p>Here's what I've got...</p><p>It's a silver drachm of a western satrap. The reverse shows 3 arched hills and a river with a crescent moon and Sun within. Writing in ancient brahmi. And I believe it has a thunderbolt. I think it's Viradaman?... But that is a very uneducated guess in this area (this is my only coin of this type and there are many). It's 15 MM of western fury. Any idea who the satrap is?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]762463[/ATTACH] </p><p>While we are at it please post your western satraps or anything you deem relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3048850, member: 91461"]Alright, I've been sitting on this guy since I went to my last coin show...in January! And I just don't trust my IDing (since I cannot read the language I'm just looking for patterns in squiggles and curves). Here's what I've got... It's a silver drachm of a western satrap. The reverse shows 3 arched hills and a river with a crescent moon and Sun within. Writing in ancient brahmi. And I believe it has a thunderbolt. I think it's Viradaman?... But that is a very uneducated guess in this area (this is my only coin of this type and there are many). It's 15 MM of western fury. Any idea who the satrap is? [ATTACH=full]762463[/ATTACH] While we are at it please post your western satraps or anything you deem relevant![/QUOTE]
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