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COIN
Unique ID: DENO-1080E2
Object type certainty: Certain
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Foreign coin of the Roman period; struck silver drachm of the Kshaharata kings (Indo-Parthians) of the Saurashtra Peninsula in Western India. King Nahapana (c. AD 105-125), dating to c. AD 119-24. Obv. Diademed bust facing right Greek inscription Rev. Arrow and thunderbolt Kharoshthi and Brahmi script inscription Diameter 15.9mm, thickness 1.8mm, weight 2.30g Ref. Mitchiner, Oriental Coins and their values, Ancient and Classical World, p. 369, c.f. nos. 2682-4
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This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period to: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Date from: Circa AD 119
Date to: Circa AD 124
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 15.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1998
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: DERBY E5886
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Drachm view all attributed records
Obverse description: Diademed bust facing right. The coin is attributed to King Nahapana of the Kshaharata kings of the Saurashtra Peninsula in Southern Pakistan.
Obverse inscription: Greek inscription
Reverse description: Arrow and thunderbolt
Reverse inscription: Kharoshthi and Brahmi script inscription
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Clipstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6064
Four figure Latitude: 53.169742
Four figure longitude: -1.103898
1:25K map: SK6064
1:10K map: SK66SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchiner, M. | 1978 | Oriental Coins and their values - The Ancient and Classical World, 600 BC - AD 650 | Sanderstead | Hawkins | page 369 | coins nos. 2682-4 |
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