Indian or Islamic coin with camel and Elephant (?)

Started by maudry, February 07, 2017, 09:42:11 PM

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maudry

Unfortunately the coin is very worn.
There are still traces of a legend around the animal I believe to be a camel.
The animal on the other side could well be an elephant but I am not sure.
Size: 18mm
Weight: 5.70gr

THCoins


Figleaf

Your elephant is a zebu, a humped bull. His name is Nandi.

Compare this coin (source): Indo Scythians, Azes II, Copper Tetradrachme. Yours is smaller (26.2 mm) and lighter (11.9 grams), maybe due to wear?

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.


naabh4

This is a coin of Kujula Kadphises. There are a few varieties of this, unfortunately the images are not clear enough for me to point to something more specific.


For some of the examples, search for the coins with "camel" here.
http://coinindia.com/galleries-kujula.html.

Also, this is a nice example of this series :)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Kujula_Kadphises_Tetradrachm.jpg/330px-Kujula_Kadphises_Tetradrachm.jpg


THCoins

Agree with Naabh4, Kujula Kadphises may be an even better candidate.

maudry

Thank you, the one that matches most to my coin is the one labeled 'AE penta-chalkon, Chach c. first half of 1st. Century' although size and weight do not match.