Help needed identifying coin. Ancient Nepal? [resuelto]

6 mensajes

Este tema se publicó en el foro en inglés.





Probably silver 4.3 grams
19 mm
Best Regards
Rick
The "king standing" looks Chola.
But I didn't find any similar reverse
Referee of south atlantic islands
Yes you are right. The coin is from the Chola. dynasty of South India
It is 1 Massa - King Sahassa Malla of Chola Dynasty
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10554.html
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." ― Isaac Asimov
Blog : https://parimalscoincollection.blogspot.com
Sri Lanka coin (Ceylon, Lakdiva....)
here some links that explain a lot about this coin.
(beware, modern replica's exist)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonnaruwa_period
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dambadeniya
coins:
http://lakdiva.org/coins/medievallanka/polonnaruva.html
http://lakdiva.org/coins/medievallanka/dambadeniya.html
http://lakdiva.org/
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
Thanks for info.
So many killings and assassinations.
Best Regards
Rick

» Política del foro

La zona horaria usada es UTC+2:00.
La hora actual es 5:46.