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DescriptionCharles Masson coin.jpg
English: One of the coins of the Bimaran casket, illustrated by Charles Masson in "A memoir on the buildings called topes. In Ariana Antiqua: A descriptive account of the antiquities and coins of Afghanistan", 1841, Charles Masson, p.71 and Plate VIII Fig 1 [1]
Date
Source
Ariana antiqua: a descriptive account of the antiquities and coins of Afghanistan
Horace Hayman Wilson, Charles Masson
East India Company, 1841
Author
Charles Masson
(1800–1853)
Alternative names
pseudonym: Charles Masson; James Lewis
Description
British explorer and numismatist Charles Masson was the pseudonym of James Lewis
Date of birth/death
16 February 1800
5 November 1853
Location of birth
Greater London
Authority file
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VIAF: 103648004
ISNI: 0000000084048677
LCCN: n86112875
Open Library: OL676263A
Oxford Dict.: 37744
WorldCat
creator QS:P170,Q1065478
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One of the coins of the Bimaran casket, illustrated by Charles Masson, 1841. Obv. Azes riding, Buddhist Triratna symbol behind the head of the king. Rev. City goddess Tyche standing left holding cornucopia and raised right hand.
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