The pot of coins.Photo by Saeed Memon
Posted on 12/04/2023 5:48:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Sheikh Javed Sindhi, who was engaged in research at the site, said that previously, 4,348 copper coins were excavated by R.D. Banerji, Sir John Marshall, and Mackay from 1922 to 1931. These coins belonged to the Kushan Period dating back to the 2 to 5 Century AD, he said...
Rustam Bhutto, in-charge of the soil and water testing laboratory, said the treatment process for separating the amalgamated coins would take at least a month to make the figures and language on coins visible.
Ali Haidar Gadhi, senior conservationist at said that Mr Banerji discovered nearly 2,000 coins, 338 of which were of the period of Kushan ruler Vasudeva-1 with standing royal figure on obverse and Shiva on the reverse and the bulk comprising 1,823 un-inscribed cast copper coins...
The Kushans existed from around the 1st century CE to the 3rd century CE and played a significant role in connecting various regions through trade, diplomacy, and cultural exchange.
The first Kushan ruler was Kujula Kadphises... Numismatic evidence shows that Kujula Kadphises continued to imitate posthumous types of coinage of the last Indo-Greek ruler in central Afghanistan. Other copper coins issued by Kujula Kadphises copy the royal portrait on the obverse from gold coins of the Roman emperor Augustus (31 BCE – 14 CE). The image of the seated Roman emperor is transformed into a Kushan ruler, who is identified as Kujula Kadphises in Greek and Kharosthi legends...
While evidence from coins and inscriptions at Rabatak and Surkh Kotal clearly shows that the Kushans maintained Iranian religious beliefs and practices, other inscriptions show that Kushan officials under Kaniska and his successors patronized Buddhists. The fire altar on previously discovered coins has Iranian influences.
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The pot of coins.Photo by Saeed Memon
Counterfeiters....................
Roman coins were familiar, and became the model for Indian coinage, interesting that the Kushan coins also emulated at least one Roman coin along with all the Hellenic ones.
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Should be interesting to see them after they’ve been separated and cleaned.
All these coin hoards found all over the world from different times and peoples.
Makes you really wonder whatever happened to the hoarders.............
They will be on Cable TV soon enough..................
Copper eh? Well I suppose the numismatic value is through the roof.
I’m pretty sure the Coinstar machine at my neighborhood grocery store can process that coin pile with no problem.
A Kushan princess showed up to open a savings account. She had a clay jar filled with thousands of coins. The bank manager said, "my goodness, did you hoard all that by yourself?" The princess said, "no, my sister hoard half of it."
🤦♀️🤦♂️😜🤷♂️🤷♀️🎶.............................
Impressive
Probably not.
First thing we hear from our coin dealers is “DO NOT CLEAN YOUR COINS” - “IT WILL LOSE VALUE”.
Iranian influences.
Pretty sure that would be Persian, wouldn’t it?
Yes, it should say Persian, not Iranian, for this period in history.
Yeah, that’s the era.
They’ll never take it alive.
Kushans are descendants of Tocharians - Toch Aryan - who lived in what is now western China, until they were pushed out in 400 BC by the Xiongnu
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