The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has confirmed that the 539 coins seized from two people coming from Pakistan in separate incidents were rare and of great historical value. Customs commissioner Capt Sanjay Gahlot said some of the coins were more than 2,000 years old. Gahlot said, “The ASI has confirmed that the coins were rare, belonging to the Indo-Greek, Shershah Suri and other eras. Eight coins date back to more than 2,000 years.”He said the customs will now ask the people who carried the coins to join the investigations. Coin break-upLion-elephant type coins (2nd century BC-1st century CE): 8Taxila coins (animal motif on one side and Greek deities on the other): 32Indo-Greek coins, Indo Scythian coins :140Sultanate and Mughal period coins: 100Sher Shah and Akbar era coins: 20Lahore Mint, Sultanate and Mughal coins: 20Akbar and Sultanate coins: 11Kushana, Azes, Scythian and Kallash coins from Kashmir: 193Lodhi sultanate coins: 15

Source: Hindustan Times September 07, 2016 13:18 UTC