Punch-marked coins
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Punch-marked coins were a type of karshapana or Ancient Indian coinage, also known as Aahat coins, dating to between about the 6th and 2nd centuries BC. It was of irregular shape. These coins are foun
A hoard of mostly Mauryan punch-marked coins
Punch-marked coins discovered from Chandraketugarh.
"Babyal Hoard" type, of the Kuru Janapada (350–315 BCE)
Silver, ½ Karshapana coin, “Babyal Hoard” type, of the Kuru Janapada (450–315 BC)
Nanda Empire
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The Nanda Empire was a vast empire that governed in Magadha and Gangetic plains with an enormous geographical reach in 4th-century BCE northeastern India, with some accounts suggesting existence as fa
Punch-marked coins
…Empire" — Daniel Schlumberger, quoted from Trésors Monétaires, p.42. Mauryan Period (322–185 BC) and Post Mauryan periods Punch-marked coin of the Nanda dynasty of Magadha. The five symbols on this coin are: Sun symbol, six-armed (Magadha) symbol, bull on hilltop, Indradhvaja flanked by four taurines, elephant…
Mauryan Coin
A silver coin of 1 karshapana of the Magadha Empire (ca 600–32 BCE), King Mahapadma Nanda or his sons (ca 346–321 BCE) Obv: different symbols Rev: different symbols including an elephant. Dimensions: 17 mm Weight: 2.5 g.
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