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Ancient India: Rayalaseema, Upper Krishna Valley in Coastal Andhra Pradesh - rectangular coin

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money / Indian Coins - Ancient Start Price:NA Estimated At:15,000.00 - 20,000.00 INR
Ancient India: Rayalaseema, Upper Krishna Valley in Coastal Andhra Pradesh - rectangular coin
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Ancient India: Rayalaseema, Upper Krishna Valley in Coastal Andhra Pradesh - rectangular alloyed copper coin of Maharathi Siva… (c.200-250 AD), 4.48g. Obv: elephant standing facing left, small triangle-headed standard above its neck; Brahmi legend Maharathisa Siva… above. Rev: six-arched hill topped with crescent, with wavy line below, flanked by a palm-tree to right and a sacrificial post (yupa) to left; all enclosed in a rectangular border.

Good very fine, Very rare.

Coins of Maharathis of the 'Hathi' family were first discovered in excavations at Veerapuram. The Hathi Maharathis, pertinently for their name, struck coins in the elephant type. Several had names starting with the epithet 'Siva'.