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An Indian coin in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Year: 2022

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: In 2007, the French archaeological mission of the Eastern Desert found a square Indian coin during the excavations of the praesidium of Dios (Abu Qurayya). Located on the road from Koptos to Berenike, the fort was built in 115/116 AD. The coin is a new type in the series of the “stock coinage” of the Cheras, of South India, usually dated from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. It is the only Indian coin ever found by the team during more than 25 years of excavations in the praesidia of the Eastern Desert and a rare witness of Erythrean trade in one of these Roman garrisons. If its presence is only anecdotic, its stratigraphic context helps to date the Chera coinage.

DOI: 10.4000/books.momeditions.16481

Authors: Shailendra Bhandare, Hélène Cuvigny, Thomas Faucher

Institutions: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Institut de Recherche sur les ArchéoMATériaux, Centre d'études Alexandrines

Language: English

Topic: Global Maritime and Colonial Histories

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W4285253140

FWCI: 5.479

Cites: 6

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10