The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 40, October 3, 2004, Article 12

BUDDHA COIN OFFERED

  From a September 28 Reuters article:  "An Indian gold coin
  which is nearly 1,900 years old and shows one of the earliest
  depictions of Buddha is to be sold at auction where it is
  expected to fetch up to $27,000.

  The coin, about the size of a finger nail, shows Buddha on one
  side and the Indian ruler Kanishka I on the other and dates
  from Kanisha's rule in the first quarter of the second century.

  It is one of only four such coins, and the first to go under the
  hammer since 1991."

  [The coin will be auctioned by Morton & Eden Ltd on
  November 23.  -Editor]

  To read the full article, see: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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