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A dedicated subreddit for discussion of ancient coins from the nation of India, and all of South Asia.

A dedicated subreddit for discussion of ancient coins from the nation of India.

/r/AncientIndianCoins

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Indian coins

Anyone know the value?

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2024/07/25
19:27 UTC

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Please help me identify this Indian coin from Sri Lanka

Would appreciate any feedback to help me identify this ancient Indian coin which I suspect is South Indian. Found in Northern Sri Lanka. It is of copper; weight unknown. One side has several stylized geometrical shapes and pellets. The other side is worn. Unlisted in many well known reference catalogs (Mitchiner, Ganesh, Nagaswamy, Krishnamurthy) Thank you!
Coin details:

Copper, rectangular, 0.75"X 1.0"

https://preview.redd.it/8nly81j21t8d1.jpg?width=183&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48479ab5616a9de5af87a850ce25c0e6f2c2bdc2

https://preview.redd.it/66cz54i21t8d1.jpg?width=180&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=059786f6c4253e26578554f618edd618544837e5

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2024/06/25
23:43 UTC

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Southern India Coin? (Madurai Naiak, Venkatappa/Mangamma ?)

i,

I've got this coin and am needing some help to ID.
I narrowed down to southern India (telugu/tamil script?)
But that's as far as I got.
Using many photos with different light source, plus a bit a photoshop, this is what I've got from the obverse.
reverse bellow.
19x18mm, 2.1g

https://preview.redd.it/yja19ljz8e6d1.jpg?width=2818&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=178d83513faf749bb05a7eeb23debe7dce8a3a5d

Thank you for any help.

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2024/06/13
19:52 UTC

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Trying to sell this two beautiful coins from ancient india around 300 BV

Price 40 dollars for Both. For more info send me a chat

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2023/12/13
15:45 UTC

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Help me identify this coin! And their value!

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2023/07/26
09:14 UTC

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Mughal King Akbar's Silver Square Rupee, “Kalima” type, Urdu Zafar Qarin Mint

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2022/07/18
17:10 UTC

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Please tell me what coin this is!

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2022/02/22
06:12 UTC

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Indo-Greek: Apollodotus I, Silver "Indian" weight drachm, c. 174-165 BCE

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2022/01/29
09:13 UTC

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Rare East India Company, Dar al khilafat Shahjahanabad mint. 1220AH/Ry 48. Nazarana. Christmas wreath issue.

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2022/01/13
16:04 UTC

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Hi! Can anyone help me identify this coin. Found this about 10 years ago, but no idea what it is. (diameter 21mm, thickness 5mm, weight ~16gram)

2 Comments
2021/06/26
09:31 UTC

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Mughal Empire - Nasir al-Din Muhammad Humayun Lahore Mint

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2021/04/05
01:28 UTC

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My two favorite websites for finding information about old Indian coins. What are yours?

There is a lot of good information on old Indian coins online, but these are the two that I use the most:

http://www.coinindia.com/

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/india-1.html

NGC is OK - it's sort of the online version of the Krause catalogs, but it is known to contain errors and a lot of the values listed don't reflect market realities. I'm not sure if it lists actually ancient coins, either.

https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/

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2021/03/05
15:34 UTC

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Rare Gold Mohur coin of Queen Nurjahan, wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir..

This spectacular rare coin is a gold Mohur of Nurjahan, Minted at Agra, dated AH 1036 / RY 21.

The Couplet on the coin reads:

بحکم شاه جهانگیر یافت صد زور

ز نام نور جهان بادشاه بگم زر

Ba-Hukm-i-Shah Jahangir yaft Sad Zewar

Translated: By the order of Jahangir gold attained hundred beauties.

Za-naam-i-Noor Jahan Badshah Begam zar

Translated: When the name of Nurjahan, the Badshah Begum was inscribed on it.

This Gold Mohur was sold for a mind boggling price of INR 76,00,000 or INR 76 Lakhs (Approximately USD $100,000) by Todywalla Auctions in 2016 in Mumbai, India.

https://preview.redd.it/omjr5wa5enh61.jpg?width=487&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3387b8f9678c653bd5e86aa86cb2efdfffdbcb9

2 Comments
2021/02/15
14:01 UTC

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Indo-Greek Menander I Silver Drachm..

Indo-Greeks, Menander I, Silver Drachm, 2.36g & 2.4g, Bilingual series, obv. diademed and draped bust of the ruler to right, rev. Athena Alkidemos standing left, monograms to left and right (Mitch ACW 1770, Bop 13S).

https://preview.redd.it/ox6j35bzwjh61.jpg?width=838&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8702152b799cd164d91715597ccc39ed5e25f776

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2021/02/15
02:20 UTC

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INDO-SKYTHIANS. King Azes Tetradrachm..

INDO-SKYTHIANS. Azes. Circa 58-12 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 9.61 g, 12h). Azes right on horseback, holding whip; gam? in Kharosthi to right / Athena standing right, raising hand and holding spear and shield; monogram to left; second monogram to right. Senior 98.353vT; HGC 12, 637.

Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ, Reverse: MAHARAJASA RAJADIRAJASA MAHATASA AYASA.

Translated: King of kings great Azes. The same on the reverse in Karosthi. Bilingual coin.

https://preview.redd.it/8xi6796nwjh61.jpg?width=1010&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8920b23e1f6b155da19b36e79cb7fecb288003ee

Greek language in Greek script and Prakrit in Kharosthi script.

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2021/02/15
02:18 UTC

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