Punch Marked Coins, Magadha Janapada, Silver Karshapana, 3.29g, Obv: five Symbol Coin, ABC

Punch Marked Coins, Magadha Janapada, Silver Karshapana, 3.29g, Obv: five Symbol Coin, ABCDE pattern. Three Human figures i.e. two males and a female punched with separate punches, Tree in Railing and Elephant over a Srivatsa/tortoise (Gpt/Hdkr# S-VII, Var-586). Extremely fine, very rare. This is a unique Series of Magadha that does not depict Sun and Six Armed Symbol, the hall-marks of Magadhan punchmarked coinage. This extra-ordinary feature suggests these issues being from some particular mint and/or disruptions in political lineage of later Mauryas, hence extremely important from historica

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Auction: Auction #40 · Oswal Antiques · 2013-03-01 · Estimate: ₹ 2000 - ₹ 2200

Category: Ancient : Punch Marked

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