The Coins and History of Asia. Vijayanagara coins- History. COIN INDIA: The Virtual Museum of Indian Coins. Menander soter. New Page 5. Early coins of India. INDIA, punchmarked silver coins.
Early Indian coins were not struck with dies, but rather with several different punches. The chronology and attribution of these things, especially the early ones, is in flux these days, and has been for several decades. Current thinking is that they began around 650 BC in Punjab region at a time when city-states were beginning to become organized out of post-Indus anarchy or whatever was going on. Perhaps the very first ones were made by "private" banking houses. Around 500 BC a struggle for supremacy began amongst the city-states, Magadha eventually becoming dominant, then eliminating the others. TAXILA-GANDHARA, c. 450 BC, silver punchmarked "bent bar" satamana, MA-4071+, ~11.4g, long & thin, VF $110.00 sold 4/7/2008Click picture for enlargement. 273-29. TAXILA-GANDHARA, c. 450 BC, silver punchmarked "bent bar" satamana, MA-4071+, ~11.4g, long & thin, countermarks in central field, VF $110.00 sold 8/6/2009Click picture for enlargement. 277-71.
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BEWARE OF FAKES! Forum's Fake Gallery Forgery Network Fakes Information Centre on Calgary Coins RPC Online at the Ashmolean Museum Celtic coins by John Hooker The Museum of Roman Countermarks Ancient Imitations of Roman Republican Denarii The Alexandru Marian Collection of Domitian Coins Heather Howard's online Collection at aeqvitas.com. Indian coinage. Coinage of India, issued by Imperial dynasties and smaller middle kingdoms of India began during the 1st millennium BCE, and consisted mainly of copper and silver coins in its initial stage.[1] Scholars remain divided over the origins of Indian coinage.[2] In recent discoveries punched mark 'Mudras'(Coins) of stone have been found in lost city of Dwaraka.
Which is said to be existed at least 5000 years ago. What is known, however, is that metal currency was minted in India well before the Mauryan empire (322–185 BCE),[3] and as radio carbon dating indicates, before the 5th century BCE.[2] Post Maha Janapadas period (400 BCE—200 CE)[edit] The extensive coinage of the Kushan empire (1st–3rd centuries CE) continued to influence the coinage of the Guptas (320 to 550 AD) and the later rulers of Kashmir.[1] The trade was particularly focused around the regions of Gujarat, ruled by the Western Satraps, and the tip of the Indian peninsular in Southern India.
Gallery[edit] See also[edit] Notes[edit] Ancient Indian Coins. O.
Bopearachchi, W. PieperAncient Indian Coins289 p., + 59 plates, 210 x 295 mm, 1998ISBN: 978-2-503-50730-9Languages: English Paperback The publication is available.Retail price: EUR 100,00 excl. taxHow to order? This important contribution about ancient coins in India has been written jointly by Osmund Bopearachchi and Wilfried Pieper. This publication is also distributed by: ISD. 50 COINS IN 2,500 YEARS. Indian coinage is perhaps the most fascinating coinage of any region in the world.
Thanks to the country's long history and the constant stream of foreign influences that impinged upon it, India's coinage is extremely diverse. Apart from its own indigenous style which evolved over time, it shows influences from ancient Greece and Rome, from Persia in all periods, from China, and from Europe in the colonial period. On this webpage, I have attempted to illustrate this history and diversity by selecting and discussing 50 Indian coins. In principle, the idea was to select two coins from each of the last twenty five centuries. I have tried to adhere to this ideal as closely as possible, but have had to deviate from it a little bit, bowing to the reality that some centuries were more interesting than others, and that there were some centuries in India which were relatively "dark" numismatically.
The approximate geographical locations of where the coins were issued can be seen on this map.