Saturday, January 10, 2009

Kushan, Vima Takto

Set of ten Huvishka coins, Kushan

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Copper cast coins, Maurya dynasty

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Kushan or local barbarian imitation

Kushan, post Vasudeva

Either Vasudeva or local imitations, showing the king and Goddess Ardoxo (Laxmi)

Bull and Horseman coin with no bull

Bull and Horseman

Punchmarked silver coin


Possibly from the Maurya period

Tiny unidentified silver coin

Copper Paisas from Elichpur mint, a feudatory of Hyderabad Nizam



East India Company


Victoria 1/12 Anna 1890

Portuguese Indian coins



Some unidentified coins



Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Indo-Scythian Azes II (35 - 12 BC)

Coin shows bull, symbol of Hinduism; and lion, symbol of Buddhism. Greek and Kharoshti legend.

Kushan - Vasudeva (Bazodeo) I (191 - 225)

First Hindu Kushan king; coin shows the king, and Shiva with bull.

Kushan, Ardoxo

Bahmani Sultanate

Friday, August 22, 2008

Victoria Empress

Quarter Anna, 1896

Victoria Queen

Half Anna 1862

George V

2 Anna, 1919

George VI

Quarter Anna, 1941


2 Anna 1943



1 Anna, 1944


1 Pice, 1945

Monday, August 18, 2008

Akbar Narnol mint AH 964

963 AH, 1556

Cumberland Jack

To Hanover

Kushan imitation coin from Orissa

Crude cast imitation issued in Puri, 3rd century AD

Barbarian imitation of Kushan coin

Hyderabad Feudatory, Elichpur

I'm not sure, but I think the coin shows the mythical tiger Shardula, and is thus from the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore (Correct me if I'm wrong).

Interesting German token

Sex-taler, Gepragt in Deutschland

Last British Indian Rupee

1947, nickel, George VI

Far East Unidentified

Chinese coin

Unidentified

Two Gwalior coins (Early 20th century)


East India Company, Bombay Presidency

1835 Half Anna


1833 Quarter Anna


EIC

George V Half Rupee

Silver, 1918

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Delhi Sultan Tanka

AH 917 1501-02, Sultan Sikander II Lodi, Debased Silver

Victoria One Rupee

Silver 1880

Kushan coins

Vima Takto (80 - 105), Soter Megas (The Great Saviour) Coin. Bust and King on Horseback


Kanishka (127 - 147). King Kanishka and Oisho

(Above and Below) King Kanishka (127-147) and God Vado (Vayu)


King Huvishka (155 - 187). The king on an Elephant and Sun Goddess Mioro