Historical Artifacts

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Part of a hoard of square Mauryan silver coins from India, 3rd century BCE (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=77636

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They sold for much less than I would expect.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's crazy low, I'm a poor bastard and I would have paid more than that lol

That seems like it would practically just be the value of the silver alome

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Coin collectors are very funny folks. Rarity is almost everything - you can get ten years' of 10th century Andalusan coins that are dirt cheap, and then one year of minting is insanely expensive just because only a few survived for one reason or another.

I definitely need to buy some of these square Mauryan coins if my finances ever stabilize though, they're insanely cool.