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Poccil 08:22, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

It's not Mauryan, it's older

Guys, I don't mean to disappoint all of the people who have put this image in all sorts of articles related to the Maurya Empire. This coin is from the Nanda dynasty of Magadha (346-321 BCE), the dynasty that was toppled by Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Maurya dynasty. I've looked for this coin in Mitchiner's Oriental Coins and their Values - The Ancient & Classical World. This exact type isn't there, however, it's an intermediary type between Mitchiner type 4059 and 4060-61. There's an exact match in the Zeno database here: Zeno# 146759. It's a coin of the Nanda dynasty of Magadha. The five symbols on this coin is: Sun symbol, six-armed (Magadha) symbol, bull on hilltop, Indradhvaja flanked by four taurines, elephant. The first four symbols are exactly as M# 4059, but the fifth symbol is an elephant, as on M# 4060-61. Alfons Åberg (talk) 13:57, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

In case you need an image of a coin that is actually from the Mauryan Empire you could, of course, look in Category:Coins of the Mauryan Empire. Alfons Åberg (talk) 14:00, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Mauryan coin with arched hill symbol on reverse.

Hi Alfons Åberg. I am not quite sure about your analysis of this coin. Here is a coin from CNG Coins [1] which is deemed Maurya, and highly similar to the coin you challenge. Of particular interest is the mint mark on the reverse, an arched-hill symbol with crescent, which, as far as I know, is Mauryan. What do you think? Tahar Jelun (talk) 07:25, 10 December 2016 (UTC)