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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3060325, member: 56859"]I have three of these and still have no idea how to properly label them. For now I'm going with a broad attribution, taking a cue from one of the more recent CNG examples of a similar coin. The CNG catalogers tend to be up to date.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>INDIA, Kushan Empire</b></p><p>temp. Kujula Kadphises - Vima Takto, c. CE 80-113</p><p>AE; uncertain mint (Begram?)</p><p>Obv: Radiate, diademed, and draped bust of Miiro (Mithra) right, holding scepter; tamgha to left</p><p>Rev: King right on horseback, holding pickax; tamgha to lower right.</p><p>Ref: ANS Kushan 147-156 (I do not have this book and do not know if there are other entries based on minor details such as number of rays, number of prongs on the tamgha, etc)</p><p><br /></p><p>The first was purchased locally in 2013. I was so excited about finding an ancient coin for sale in a curio shop that I grossly overpaid for it. 20 mm, 8.12 gm. Hard to say how many rays this has but there are four seen near the top/front of his head, so I'd guess there are more than double that amount. The legends are mostly off flan and I can't even make out the shape of the character behind the horse (as per Doug's post). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]767456[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second and third coins were purchased at the 2014 ANA World's Fair of Money in Chicago. I was on my last round through the bourse and mostly out of money. Educational Coin Company had bags full of these and other less popular coins at low prices so I picked out a couple of nicer examples. </p><p><br /></p><p>The first of this pair seems to be the most common type, or the one I've seen most often. It has high relief, three-pronged tamghas, and rounded letters; 21 mm, 8.12 gm. The second of the two coins below looked different from the others in the bag so I bought it as well. It has the squared letters, more rays, and four pronged tamghas; 21 mm, 8.41 gm. I have no idea if there is any significance to those differences but suspect its simply the result of time and different engravers.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]767459[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]767460[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3060325, member: 56859"]I have three of these and still have no idea how to properly label them. For now I'm going with a broad attribution, taking a cue from one of the more recent CNG examples of a similar coin. The CNG catalogers tend to be up to date. [B]INDIA, Kushan Empire[/B] temp. Kujula Kadphises - Vima Takto, c. CE 80-113 AE; uncertain mint (Begram?) Obv: Radiate, diademed, and draped bust of Miiro (Mithra) right, holding scepter; tamgha to left Rev: King right on horseback, holding pickax; tamgha to lower right. Ref: ANS Kushan 147-156 (I do not have this book and do not know if there are other entries based on minor details such as number of rays, number of prongs on the tamgha, etc) The first was purchased locally in 2013. I was so excited about finding an ancient coin for sale in a curio shop that I grossly overpaid for it. 20 mm, 8.12 gm. Hard to say how many rays this has but there are four seen near the top/front of his head, so I'd guess there are more than double that amount. The legends are mostly off flan and I can't even make out the shape of the character behind the horse (as per Doug's post). [ATTACH=full]767456[/ATTACH] The second and third coins were purchased at the 2014 ANA World's Fair of Money in Chicago. I was on my last round through the bourse and mostly out of money. Educational Coin Company had bags full of these and other less popular coins at low prices so I picked out a couple of nicer examples. The first of this pair seems to be the most common type, or the one I've seen most often. It has high relief, three-pronged tamghas, and rounded letters; 21 mm, 8.12 gm. The second of the two coins below looked different from the others in the bag so I bought it as well. It has the squared letters, more rays, and four pronged tamghas; 21 mm, 8.41 gm. I have no idea if there is any significance to those differences but suspect its simply the result of time and different engravers. [ATTACH=full]767459[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]767460[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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