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Part of a hoard of 175 Tiberius and Augustus denarii found in India. Imitations, such as this coin, were produced in India, and used for local trade. Some were cast and some struck. This coin appears to struck.SH20307. Silver denarius, cf. Giard Lyon, group 4, 150; RIC I 30 (C); BMCRE I 48; RSC II 16a; SRCV I 1763 (official Roman, Lugdunum mint, c. 18 - 35 A.D.), VF, weight 3.554 g, maximum diameter 18.6 mm, die axis 90o, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, obverse TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head right; reverse PONTIF MAXIM (high priest), Livia seated right, long scepter vertical behind in right, branch in left, legs on chair ornamented, feet on footstool; ex Triton X (8 Jan 2007), lot 1559 (part of); SOLD
India, Gahadavalas of Kanauj, Govindachandra, c. 1114 - 1154 A.D.
SH15703. Gold dinar, Deyell 147, Mitchiner NI 490-496, VF, weight 3.997 g, maximum diameter 20.6 mm, die axis 180o, obverse goddess Lakshmi seated facing; reverse Devanagari legend, lotus below right; SOLD
India, Cholas, Rajaraja Chola, 985 - 1014 A.D.
Rajaraja seized the Karnataka region from the Gangas, and also invaded Sri Lanka in 1001. IS48929. Gold fanam, Mitchiner NI 726 - 728, VF, weight 0.438 g, maximum diameter 8.28 mm, obverse tiger seated upright on left, two fish upright on right, umbrella above, bow far left; reverse "Yuddha Malla" in Nagari; SOLD
India, Cholas, Rajaraja Chola, 985 - 1014 A.D.
Rajaraja seized the Karnataka region from the Gangas, and also invaded Sri Lanka in 1001. IS48930. Gold fanam, Mitchiner NI 726 - 728, VF, weight 0.426 g, maximum diameter 8.1 mm, obverse tiger seated upright on left, two fish upright on right, umbrella above, bow far left; reverse "Yuddha Malla" in Nagari; SOLD
Indian States, Kingdom of Mysore, Hyder Ali, 1761 - 1782
Hyder Ali was the father of Tipu Sultan.IS112582. Copper paisa, SCWC KM 5.2, VF, thick flan, weight 12.460 g, maximum diameter 21.7 mm, Zarb Patan mint, 1761 - 1782; obverse elephant right with tail raised; reverse Zarb Patan (mint name); from the Collection of Dr. Jüregen Buschek; SOLD
India, Mughal Dynasty, Akbar the Great, 1556 - 1605 A.D.
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WO16923. Silver rupee, VF, attractive, weight 11.271 g, maximum diameter 16.9 mm, die axis 0o, Tatta mint, Ilahi year 39 (1593 - 1594 A.D.), 4th month (Tir); SOLD
India, Empress Victoria, 1899-B
WO58550. Silver Half Rupee, SCWC KM 491, UNC, weight 5.822 g, maximum diameter 24.2 mm, die axis 0o, Bombay mint, 1899; obverse VICTORIA EMPRESS, crowned bust of Victoria left; reverse HALF RUPEE / INDIA 1899, inscription in four lines within floral wreath, incuse inverted B mint mark; SOLD
Islamic, Qarlughid Empire, Northern India, Nasir Al-Din Muhammad, 1249 - 1259
The Qarlughs, Hasan the father and Nasir the son, wandered out of Afghanistan and took over Sind in Pakistan. The horse coins are theorized by Tye to be tokens in enforced usage at an annual horse fair. There are over 20 varieties with tiny differences in design, almost certainly secret marks.IS85624. Copper jital, Album 1819, Mitchiner WOI 952, Tye Jitals 347, VF, green patina, well centered and struck, earthen deposits, tight flan as typical for the type, weight 3.636 g, maximum diameter 16.3 mm, die axis 0o, obverse horse, Arabic legend around; reverse Nagari inscription; SOLD
India, Mauryan Empire, Ashoka and His Successors, c. 270 - 175 B.C.
Series VIb coins date to the Mauryan empire at its peak, the time of Ashoka and his successors, c. 270 - 175 B.C. Mitchiner dates this type to the reign of Ashoka's grandson Samprati, 216 - 207 B.C. Samprati was the son of Ashoka's blind son, Kunala, and succeeded his cousin, Dasharatha. Samprati's father, Kunala, was blinded in a conspiracy make his cousin Dasharatha the heir to the throne. Years later, Kunala and Samprati approached Ashoka's court in an attempt to claim the throne. Ashoka could not deliver the throne to his blind son but made Samprati the heir apparent after Dasharatha and after Dasharatha's death, Samprati was made emperor. Samprati is regarded as the "Jain Ashoka" for his patronage and efforts to spreading Jainism in east India.WA115060. Silver karshapana, Gupta-Hardaker series VIb, cf. 573 - 575; cf. Mitchiner ACW 4193 (Samprati, 216 - 207 B.C.); 2.920g, rectangle shape 15.3x13.4mm, aVF, Patalputra (Patna, India) mint, c. 270 - 175 B.C.; obverse punches: six-armed symbol with alternating arrows and taurines, solar disc, triple-arched hill with upward facing arc tangent above, quartered square with left side thicker and from top left corner springs a plant with three branches each with three twigs, additional symbol(s) obscure; reverse punch: two crescents alternating with two uncertain symbols around central dot (bold reverse mark 473); from the estate of Curtis D. Barker, ex Littleton Coin Company; SOLD
India, Kabul and Gandhara, Anonymous Post-Shahi, 1021 - 1200 A.D.
Mitchiner notes the Ghaznavids occupied the Shahi Kingdom and some of these coins may have been struck by them, however, the major issuers were probably the Chahamanas.WA74839. Billon jital, "Bull and Horseman" jital; cf. Palomares Bueno type 3, Mitchiner NI 473, Deyell 235-236, Tye 33, VF, small tight flan dumpy fabric, light corrosion, light earthen deposits, weight 3.418 g, maximum diameter 13.6 mm, die axis 225o, c. 1021 - 1200 A.D.; obverse Sri Samanta Deva, Recumbent zebu left, star and crescent before; reverse sarada aksara, horseman right, holding banner, 'Bhi' on left; SOLD
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