Archive Lots

Archaic silver punch-marked coin, 'bent bar' type, attributed to 'Gandhara Janapada', (c.600-300 BC), middle type, with narrow flan, Rajgor Series 34-35, 11.30 grams. Obv: two punches with radiating circles on either end of the bar. Rev: plain. Very fine, Scarce.

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. These are 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.

Imperial Magadhan Silver punch-marked Karshapana coin, (400-350 BC) - GH series I, no. 105, 3.30 grams. Obv: Five punches: 1. Sun, 2. Six-armed symbol, 3. bull standing right, 4. hare jumping right, 5. five dots in a rectangular arrangement. Scarce.

Imperial Magadhan Silver punch-marked Karshapana coin, (400-350 BC) - GH series I, no. 205, 3.40 grams. Obv: Five punches: 1. Sun, 2. Six-armed symbol, 3. Strung bow and arrow within the square, 4. The floret-like symbol in an ellipse, 5. Elephant to right. Rare in this quality.

Imperial Magadhan Silver punch-marked Karshapana coin, (400-350 BC) - GH series I, variety not listed but similar to No. 205-212, 3.40 grams. Obv: Five punches - 1. Sun, 2. Six-armed symbol, 3. Strung bow and arrow within square, 4. A floret-like symbol in the ellipse, 5. Wheel with cogs. Rare.

Imperial Magadhan Silver Punch-marked Karshapana coin, (400-350 BC), GH series II, no. 271, listed as 'R', 3.10 grams. Obv: five punches – 1. Sun, 2. Six-armed symbol, 3. two branches with an ellipse, 4. a leaf imprint, 5. two taurines flanking a dotted circle. Very Rare.

Archaic Silver Punch-marked coin, Silver ¼ Karshapana from peninsular Gujarat region, traditionally attributed to 'Saurashtra Janapada' (c. 350-250 BC), Rajgor Series 18 no. 412, 0.60 grams. Obv: Goddess seated on a stool in right profile facing, with one hand raised and the other on her hip; smallsymbols around. Rev: traces of an under type. Rare.

Archaic Silver punch-marked coin, Gandhara region, c.350-300 BC, blank silver piece corresponding to Karshapana weight, generally attributed to 'Kamboja Janapada', cf. Rajgor-561/567, 3.40 grams. Extremely Rare.

Archaic Silver punch-marked coin, local series from Kaushambi, attributed to the 'Pauravas', TH PR1-2 ff., p. 110-112, 2.03 grams. Obv: abstract 'flower with dots' symbol. Rev: deep incused bankers-marks. Scarce.

Archaic Silver punch-marked coin, local series from Kaushambi, attributed to the 'Pauravas', TH PR1-2 ff., p. 110-112, 2.10 grams. Obv: abstract six-armed symbol partly visible, with small bankers' marks. Rev: deep incused bankers' marks. Scarce.