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Archaic Silver punch-marked coin, Pre-imperial Magadha ‘series 0’

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money / Indian Coins - Ancient Start Price:10,000.00 INR Estimated At:10,000.00 INR and UP
Archaic Silver punch-marked coin, Pre-imperial Magadha ‘series 0’
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Archaic Silver punch-marked coin, Pre-imperial Magadha ‘series 0’, c.400-300BC, Karshapana standard, not listed in TH, 3.30 grams. Obv: four punches – 1. six-armed symbol in middle 2. a knotted line, 3. traces of arched hill below, 4. traces of a taurine-like symbol. Rev: sun, tree, and other ancillary punches.
This is perhaps the earliest Karshapana-standard coins struck in the Magadha region. The Karshapanas then became ubiquitous in areas, that the Magadhan Empire gradually covered as it spread across North India. Rare.