Coins from other Religions of the World (Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, etc.)

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Posted: 12 Apr 2016, 19:31 #
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Similar to the other two threads (Christian and Islamic), add your coins from the other Religious Regions of the World. I'll start off with this coin:

Vijayanagar Empire: Achyutaraya (1529-1542) ½ pagoda (MCSI-673, Ganesh-141)

Obv: Gandabherunda (double-headed eagle) walking left, holding an elephant in each beak and in each foot
Rev: Three-line Devanagari legend: Sri Pra / ta pa chyu ta / ra ya

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Vijayanagar Empire: Hari Hara II (1377-1404) AV Half Pagoda (MCSI-412)

Obv: Siva and Parvati seated facing, Siva holding parasu (axe) and mriga or deer
Rev: Devanagari legend: Sri Pra / ta pa Ha ri / Ha ra

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Kingdom of Persis: Dareios I (ca. 2nd Century BCE) AR Hemidrachm (Sunrise-583; Klose & Müseler 3/11; Alram 558)

Obv: Head of Dareios I right, with short beard, wearing diadem and kyrbasia surmounted by crescent
Rev: Fire temple, Zoroastrian Ahura-Mazda above, to left, king standing right, to right, column surmounted by eagle

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Posted: 12 Apr 2016, 22:16 #
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Here is one from my side,

Indian State (Mysore): 1/3 Pavali - Krishnaraja Wadiyar III
Obverse: Dancing figure of Bal Krishna with a butter ball in his hand.
Reverse: Kannada legend in three lines "Mayili Hana".



https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces85759.html
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Posted: 12 Apr 2016, 22:39 #
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Sujit, that is a nice one.
Can you tell me what is taught by the story of Baby Krishna's fondness for butter theft?
Way outside any reading I've done.
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Posted: 12 Apr 2016, 23:13 #
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I'll post something else in the "Coins of Ancient Greece", so here is one from Macedon:

Ancient Greece: Philip II of Macedon (359-336 BCE) AE20 Unit, Uncertain Mint (SNG ANS 850; Mionnet I, 750)

Obv.: Head of Apollo right, wearing taenia.
Rev.: ΦILIΠΠOY, Naked youth on horse prancing right on ground line, spearhead below.

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Posted: 13 Apr 2016, 00:36 #
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ASAP I'll add my Indo-Scythian drachm of Azes II (depicting Zeus).

PS: is there any interesting symbol in a Tibet 5 Sho 1953?
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Posted: 13 Apr 2016, 01:47 #
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The Tibetan Lion (or the Snow Lion) is part of Tibetan Buddhism, so go ahead and add it...

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Posted: 13 Apr 2016, 03:24 #
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Quote: "ard"​Sujit, that is a nice one.
​Can you tell me what is taught by the story of Baby Krishna's fondness for butter theft?
​Way outside any reading I've done.
​Krishna is generally portrayed as having all earthly traits of a human being despite of being incarnation of god vishnu. So being a child he used to love butter and would get it without the knowledge of his mother who was restrictive.
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Posted: 16 Apr 2016, 15:17 #
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Gurjara Pratiharas, Mihira Bhoja I, Silver drachm, c. 9th century CE
The obverse features Lord Vishnu in his form as the boar - Adivaraha
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Posted: 16 Apr 2016, 18:40 #
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I have one of those:

Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty: Bhoja I (ca. 836-885 AD) Adivaraha Dramma (MNIS-335; Deyell#8)

Obv: King Bhoja, as Varaha standing triumphant right, foot resting on lion below; Various Vaishnavite symbols at right
Rev: श्री मद अदि वरः (srimad adi varaha); stylized representation of fire altar and attendants below

The the lion represents the Rashtrakutas, a dynasty whose symbol was the lion and with which Bhoja was in a constant struggle for supremacy (as per Pieper and Tandon)...

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Posted: 16 Apr 2016, 18:46 #
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I posted these in the ID section because I had doubts about its exact reference (and maybe authenticity), but I suspect it to be Indo-Scyth, depicting Zeus and maybe Nike:
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Posted: 17 Apr 2016, 02:14 #
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Most probably Zeus and Nike and attributed to Azes II:

http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=118606
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Indo-Scythian: Azes I (ca. 58-12 BCE) AR Drachm (Hoover-640; MACW-737a; Senior-76)

Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓ ΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ; Diademed Zeus standing left holding scepter and making benediction gesture
Rev: Maharajasa rajadirajasa mahatasa ayasa in Kharosthi; Nike standing right holding wreath and filleted palm branch. Monogram of Taxila to right

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Posted: 15 May 2016, 20:30 #
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Nayaks of Chitradurga (Feudatory of Vijayanagar Empire), Durgi Pagoda

Obv : Balakrishna seated (Krishna as Laddu Gopala)
Rev : Sri (Prat)apa Kri(shna) Raya

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Tibet : 3 Srang - depicting Tibetan snow lion
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Posted: 15 Aug 2016, 09:51 #
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Sri Lanka : 5 Rupees - depicting sandakada pahana which symbolises the cycle of Saṃsāra in Buddhism
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Posted: 15 Aug 2016, 10:18 #
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Thought I would diversify the different religions in this post by sharing this Israeli half new shekel coin from the Jewish year of 5749 (1989) that celebrates the 8 day Jewish festival of Hanukkah. This coin had a mintage of just 504 thousand. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7079.html

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