@PugJesus to Ancient CoinsEnglish • 22 days agoPart of a hoard of square Mauryan silver coins from India, 3rd century BCEimagemessage-square5arrow-up128arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]historyartifacts
arrow-up128arrow-down1imagePart of a hoard of square Mauryan silver coins from India, 3rd century BCE@PugJesus to Ancient CoinsEnglish • 22 days agomessage-square5cross-posted to: [email protected]historyartifacts
minus-square@jaybonelink5•22 days agoI suppose some of them seem pretty square. Don’t they use molds?
minus-squaremerde alorslinkfedilink2•22 days agoif Precious metal ingots can be used as currency (with or without being processed into other shapes), or as a currency reserve, as with gold bars. then maybe the form doesn’t matter 🤷
minus-square@Eheranlink2•21 days agoThen it would make the least amount of sense that they are not all identical.
I suppose some of them seem pretty square. Don’t they use molds?
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then maybe the form doesn’t matter 🤷
Punched out of sheets, I think.
Then it would make the least amount of sense that they are not all identical.