A handful of coins
bought for £24.00 on Easter Saturday April 2017, but what are they?
The large copper coin is a 1761 coin from the reign of Adolf Frederick. It is not in bad condition. the interesting thing (to me) is it is overstruck on an earlier copper coin. If you look at the reverse at about 4 o'clock there are three dots or lines and at 8 o'clock the faint image of the host coin between the arrow and 1 OR. Next task to identify the host coin!
Having looked at it again the obverse (with AF) looks double struck. Two of the three crowns are in two places.
The others are all Indian. The larger one is Kushan and the two smaller coins are probably South Indian. The copper coin far right middle line seems to be one of those "octopus man" chola? coins. Next job try to narrow these down. I have a few books on Indian coins and there is plenty on the web to help.
Indian coins have always fascinated me as they are relatively cheap but full of interest.
david@pickupandscott.co.uk
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