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Lot No.1
AUC18
Ancient India
Mix Metal
A Panchala collection of 24 coins, is being offered in auction for the very first time. The 21 kings included here, many of which are very rare, are being offered as a single lot. This is a unique opportunity to acquire a Panchala collection put together over several years. When the Mauryan empire collapsed, many new regional kingdoms emerged on its ruins. Panchalahad earlier been one of the 16 great mahajanapadas during the time of the Buddha. Draupadi, a central character of the Mahabharata, was reportedly a Panchala princess. This janapadahad been absorbed by Magadha when the Mauryan empire expanded across the subcontinent. The Panchala kingdom restored its sovereignty in the 2nd century BC,and its mitra/sena/ pala/ gupta kings issued a long series of copper coins till the 4th century AD. These are some of the earliest indigenous Indian coins to carry the name of the issuing king. These typically depict a deity or sacred symbol closely associated with the name of the ruler, and are important markers in the development of ancient Hindu iconography.
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Rs. 50,000-55,000
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Lot No. 1-1 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Phalgunimitra (c. 110-120 AD), Copper 4 karshapana, 17.05g, 24.95x26.97mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Phagunimitasa, with three Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Goddess Lakshmi standing facing on a lotus, with one hand raised. Mitchiner 4542. Very Rare in such a heavy weight. Lot No. 1-2 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra kingdom of Panchala, Vangapala (c. 150-130 BC), Copper karshapana, 7.52g, 17.10x18.12mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Vagapalasa, Rev: Blank, Vangapala is known from only a handful of specimens. Not listed in Mitchiner. Extremely Rare. Lot No. 1-3 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Damagupta (c. 150-130 BC), Lead coin, 4.06g, 14.03x13.32mm, Obv: Traces of Brahmi legend Damagutasa with miscellaneous symbols, Rev: Blank. This is the only lead coin in the entire Panchala series. Damagupta is known from only 4 specimens. He had a long conflict with Vangapala, with Vangapala eventually emerging victorious. Unlisted in Mitchiner. Extremely Rare. Lot No. 1-4 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Prajapatimitra (c. 50-20 BC), Copper karshapana, 3.90g, 15.12x15.87mm, Obv: Brahmi legend in two lines Prajapatimitasa, with one Panchala dynastic symbol at top left, Rev: Male deity standing facing with one hand raised, holding a thunderbolt. It is extremely rare to find a Panchala coin without the three dynastic symbols. Prajapatimitra has only one Panchala symbol on his coins. His die engraver clearly needed more space to include the king’s long name Prajapatimitasa, and did this by dropping the other two Panchala symbols on the top line. Unlisted in Mitchiner. Extremely Rare. Lot No. 1-5 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Indramitra (c. 45-65 AD), Copper karshapana, 4.90g, 16.96x16.21mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Indamitasa with three Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Human figure (Indra) standing facing with one hand raised. Rev: Standing Figure. Mitchiner 4539. Scarce. Lot No. 1-6 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Suryamitra (c. 10 BC-1 AD), Copper 4-karshapana, 14.53g, 23.61x25.12mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Suyamitasa with three Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Radiate sun (Surya) on a pedestal. Shrimali recorded only 25 specimens of Suryamitra. Mitchiner 4547. Very Rare in this heavy denomination. Lot No. 1-7 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Bhanumitra, (c. 1-20 AD), Copper karshapana, 3.80g, 14.50x14.42mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Bhanumitasa, with three Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Radiate sun (Bhanu) on a pedestal. Mitchiner 4550. Scarce. Lot No. 1-8 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Jayamitra, (c. 25-45 AD), Copper karshapana, 4.18g, 15.61x16.35mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Jayamitasa with three Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Human figure with flames on his head, standing inside temple with one hand raised. Unlisted in Mitchiner. Scarce. Lot No. 1-9 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Bhumimitra, (c. 65-80 AD), Copper karshapana, 0.68g, 9.56x9.73mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Bhumimitasa with three Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Traces of symbol. Mitchiner 4549. Rare. Lot No. 1-10 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Agnimitra I, (c. 80-100 AD), Copper karshapana, 2.35g, 13.01x12.87mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Agimitasa with three Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Male deity (Agni) standing facing on a platform flanked by standards. Mitchiner 4539. Scarce. Lot No. 1-11 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Bhadraghosha (c. 100-110 AD), Copper ½ karshapana, 0.99g, 12.04x11.24mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Bhadaghosasa, with three Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Goddess Lakshmi standing on lotus, with one hand raised. Mitchiner 4562. Rare. Lot No. 1-12 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Rudragupta (c. 75-65 BC), Copper, 5.10g, 18.09x18.15mm, Obv: Trishuland battleaxe of Shiva (Rudra) on platform, Rev: Three symbols of the Panchala dynasty (top row) and Brahmi legend Rudraguptasa (second row). Mitchiner 4533-34. Scarce. Lot No. 1-13 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Dhruvamitra (c. 65-50 BC), Copper, 18 mm, 4.47g, 18.55x18.18mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Dhruvamitasa, with three Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Three standards on top of a platform. Mitchiner 4538 var. Very Scarce. Lot No. 1-14 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Agnimitra II (c. early 2nd century AD), Copper karshapana, 1.89g, 15.19x16.13mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Agnimitasa, with Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Fire altar on a platform. Mitchiner 4561 var. Extremely Rare. Lot No. 1-15 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Shivamitra (c. early 2nd century AD), Potin karshapana, 2.81g, 15.69x17.13mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Shivamitasa, with Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Standards on a platform. Unpublished ruler. Extremely Rare. Lot No. 1-16 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Agnimitra III (c. early 2nd century AD), Potin 1/8 karshapana, 0.75g, 11.10x9.97mm, Obv: Brahmi legend Agnimitrasa, with Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Three standards arranged on a platform. Unlisted in Mitchiner. Rare. Lot No. 1-17 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Yajnabala (c. early 2nd century AD), Potin 1/8 karshapana, 0.81g, 12.13x11.09mm, Obv: Brahmi legend (Ya)jnabala, with Panchala dynastic symbols above, Rev: Traces of symbol. Shrimali recorded only 4 specimens of Yajnabala. Unlisted in Mitchiner. Very Rare. Lot No. 1-18 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Dakshin Panchala Kingdom, 'Tribal' issue, Indramitra (c. 1st century AD), Copper karshapana, 13.05x12.81mm, 2.16g, Obv: Brahmi legend Indamitasa, with female figure lying horizontally at top, and Panchala dynastic symbol in centre, Rev: Fire altar. Tribal (or secondary) issues of Panchala are very rare - only 6 rulers are known to have issued coins. Fractions of this type are almost impossible to find. Unlisted in Mitchiner. Very Rare. Lot No. 1-19 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Rajnyah Bhanumitra (c. 210 AD), Copper karshapana, 14.44x14.79mm, 2.07g, Obv: Brahmi legend in two lines RajnyahBhanumita(sa), with Panchala symbol at top left, Rev: Bull standing left on platform, flanked by standards. A new discovery, this ruler has just been published by Karan Singh in JONS 234 (2019). This ruler issued coins after the decline of the Kushans, when Panchala restored its sovereignty. Till now it was assumed that only Achyuta ruled in this post-Kushan period, but as Karan Singh has shown, two more rulers emerged after the Kushans: RajnyahBhanumitra and RajnyahVijayamitra. We are offering one specimen each of these new rulers. Unpublished in the standard references. Extremely Rare. Lot No. 1-20 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Kingdom of Panchala, Rajnyah Vijayamitra (c. 220 AD), Copper ½ karshapana, 16.42x15.44mm, 2.45g, Obv: Brahmi legend in two lines RajnyahVijayami(tasa), with Panchala symbol at top left, Rev: Conch shell placed horizontally on platform, flanked by standards. A new discovery, this ruler has just been published by Karan Singh in JONS 234 (2019). This ruler issued coins after the decline of the Kushans, when Panchala restored its sovereignty. Till now it was assumed that only Achyuta ruled in this post-Kushan period, but as Karan Singh has shown, two more rulers emerged after the Kushans: RajnyahBhanumitra and RajnyahVijayamitra. We are offering one specimen each of these new rulers.Unpublished in the standard references. Extremely Rare. Lot No. 1-21 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Dynasty of Panchala, Achyuta (c. 300-350 AD), Copper ¼ karshapana, 11.90/11.45mm, 1.00g, Obv: King's bust right, flanked by Brahmi letters A and chyu, Rev: Wheel with 8 spokes and central pellet. One of the great rarities in ancient Indian numismatics. Only a handful of specimens are known - there are none in the British Museum and ANS. Achyu was the last ruler of the Panchala kingdom. He was defeated by Samudragupta and his territory annexed to the growing Gupta empire. Achyu's copper coins with just his name on obverse are common, but this 'Roman Head' type is missing from most collections. Unisted in Mitchiner. Extremely Rare. Lot No. 1-22 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Dynasty of Panchala, Achyuta (c. 300-350 AD), Copper ½ karshapana,14.36x13.00mm, 1.50g, Obv: Brahmi legend Achyu, Rev: Wheel with 12 spokes. Achyu's copper coins usually have a wheel on reverse with 8 spokes. This 12-spokes variety is extremely rare. Shrimali found only one 12-spokes specimen among the 400 coins that he studied. Shrimali Type B. Extremely Rare. Lot No. 1-23 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Dynasty of Panchala, uninscribed Copper coin 9.12x8.90mm 0.68g, Obv: Panchala symbol, Rev: Panchala symbol. This coin depicts two Panchala symbols, without any legends. It may well have been one of the earliest issues in this series.Not listed in Mitchiner. Very Rare. Lot No. 1-24 AUC18 Ancient India Mix Metal Ahichchatra Dynasty of Panchala, uninscribed Copper coin 9.49x10.94mm, 0.82g, Obv: Flower within square border, Rev: Blank. This anepigraphic coin is found only at the site of Ahichchatra. Shrimali recorded one rectangular coin in his entire corpus of Panchala coins. Un listed in Mitchiner. Rare. |
Lot No.2
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Kuntala Janapada, Western Maharashtra, Wai region, Silver Double Karshapana, 6.58g, 20.60x20.84mm, 'Pulley' type, Obv: without treskelis between the prongs of the pulley, Uniface. Rajgor Series 29 #500. Very Fine+, Rare.
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Rs. 22,000-25,000
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Lot No.3
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Kuntala Janapada (600-400 BC), Wai series, Silver 1/8 Shana, 0.84g, 12.52x12.51mm, 'Pulley' type, Obv: Archaic pulley, Uniface. Very Fine+, Extremely Rare.
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Rs. 15,000-16,000
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Lot No.4
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Vidarbha Janpada, Silver, 1.67g, 17.04x14.52mm, four punches: 1) Elephant to left, 2 &3) symbols made with multiple 'S'- marks and circles, 4) three taurine going round a circle, enclosed in a triangular dotted border. Extremely Fine, Very Rare.
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Rs. 4,000-4,500
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Lot No.5
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Vidarbha Janpada, 1/4 vimashatika, Silver, 1.19g, 16.37x12.70mm, four punches: Elephant to left, pair of bulls yoked to a plough, bull, grain-like pellet within a dotted border. Very Fine, Rare.
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Rs. 4,500-5,000
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Lot No.6
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Vidarbha Janpada Silver, 1.67g, 19.67x12.92mm, four punches: 1) Elephant to left, 2 &3) symbols made with multiple 'S'- marks and circles, 4) three taurine going round a circle, enclosed in a triangular dotted border. Extremely Fine, Very Rare.
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Rs. 4,000-4,500
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Lot No.7
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, attributed to Avanti Janapada (c. 500-400 BC), Silver ½ Karshapana, 1.69g, 10.95x5.45, a dot in centre surrounding taurine and circle on obv, uniface. Rajgor Series 24. About Very Fine, Scarce.
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Rs. 1,000-1,200
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Lot No.8
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, attributed to Avanti Janapada, (c. 500-400 BC), Silver ½ Karshapana, 11.33x10.01mm, Obv: A dot in center surrounding taurine and circle. Uniface. Rajgor Series 24. About Very Fine. Scarce.
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Rs. 1,000-1,200
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Lot No.9
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Kosala Janpada, (c.525-465 BC), NW Uttar Pradesh, Silver, 4.02g, 29.76x22.78mm, 'Vimshatika' standard type, similar to Rajgor Series, but of ABCD type, with four different symbols. Unlisted in Rajgor. Very Fine, Scarce.
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Rs. 4,000-4,500
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Lot No.10
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Kosala Janpada, (c.525-465 BC), NW Uttar Pradesh, Silver, 4.02g, 29.19x20.46mm, 'Vimshatika' standard type, similar to Rajgor Series, but of ABCD type, with four different symbols. Unlisted in Rajgor. Very Fine, Scarce
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Rs. 4,000-4,500
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Lot No.11
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Magadha Janapada (c. 600-400 BC), Silver Karshapana, 2.16g, 21.18x22.91mm, Obv: configuration of five symbol type including sun, six armed, elephant and other geometric symbols, Rev: traces of main symbol. About Very Fine, Scarce.
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Rs. 1,200-1,500
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Lot No.12
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Magadha Janapada, (c. 6th century BC), Silver Karshapana, 3.41g, 23.01x30.52mm, Obv: Sun, six armed, elephant, bow with arrow and group of six dots, Rev: traces of main symbol inclding sun, six armed four pellets flower and other symbols. G & H, Series 1, # 112e. About Extremely Fine, Rare.
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Rs. 3,500-4,000
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Lot No.13
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Magadha Janapada, (c. 6th century BC), Silver Karshapana, 3.36g, 24.00x25.78mm, 5 symbol type, unifaced, chakra tringle enclosing a dot, bull sun six armed with central outline circle at hub. G & H, Series 1, # 112f. About Extremely Fine, Rare.
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Rs. 3,500-4,000
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Lot No.14
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Magadha Janapada (c. 6th century BC), Silver Karshapana, 3.38g, 26.19x22.90mm, unifaced, chakra bull sun six armed with central outline circle at hub. G & H, Series 1, # 112. Extremely Fine+, Rare.
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Rs. 3,500-4,000
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Lot No.15
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Magadha janapada (c. 6th century BC), Silver Karshapana, 3.25g, 28.25x20.63mm, 5 symbol type, unifaced, chakra tringle enclosing a dot sun large solid dot crescent below and ring of dots above six-pointed star made of two outline triangles central pellet and six dot in the angles outside. G & H, Series 1, # 36e. Extremely Fine+, Rare
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Rs. 4,000-4,200
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Lot No.16
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Magadha Janapada, Silver Karshapana, 3.39g, 25.67x25mm.30, Uniface, G/H Series I, Five symbol type including radiant sun, six armed, elephant, three fish to attached with circle and other geometric symbol on obverse (Rajgor Series 12). Very Fine+, Very Scarce.
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Rs. 3,500-4,000
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Lot No.17
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Magadha Janapada, Silver Karshapana, 3.27g, 23.90x25.78mm, Uniface, G/H Series I, Five symbol type including radiant sun, six armed, star, bold taurine surrounding circles and geometric on obverse. Rajgor Series 12. Very Fine+, Very Scarce.
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Rs. 3,000-3,500
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Lot No.18
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Magadha Janapada, Silver Karshapana, 3.37g, 19.34x20.19mm, Uniface, G/H Series III, Five symbol type including radiant sun, bull, square around fish, chakra. Series.III,327. Very Fine+, Rare.
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Rs. 800-1,000
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Lot No.19
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Magadha Janapada, Silver Karshapana, 2.95g, 22.97x16.26mm, Uniface, G/H Series 3, Five symbol type including radiant sun, six armed, elephant, animal right with taurines clockwise around coconut palm with branches and coconuts in the angles. Series 3#305. Very Fine+, Rare.
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Rs. 1,500-2,000
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Lot No.20
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Magadha Janapada, Silver Karshapna, 2.92g, 13.26x14.43mm, attributed to Magadha Imperial Coinage, Imperial Series (VIb,565), Obv: five symbol type , Rev: Banker Marks. Very Fine, Very Scarce.
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Rs. 1,000-1,200
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Lot No.21
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Mauryan Period, Silver Karshapna, 3.28g, 11.82x13.73mm, attributed to Magadha Imperial Coinage, Silver Karshapanas, Imperial Series ( Vib#566), Obv: human figure to left vertical pole in left hand and pot in right, five symbol type, Rev: Banker Marks. Very Fine, Rare.
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Rs. 1,000-1,200
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Lot No.22
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Archaic Punch Marked, Mauryan Period, Silver Karshapna, 3.18g, 9.08x16.71mm, attributed to Magadha Imperial Coinage, Silver Karshapanas, Imperial Series (Vib#566), Obv: human figure to left, vertical pole in left hand and pot in right five symbol type, Rev: Banker Marks. Very Fine, Rare.
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Rs. 1,000-1,200
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Lot No.23
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Magadha Janapada, 500-200 BC, Silver (2 Coins) Karshapna, 14.47x17.75 & 14.46/17.72mm, attributed to Magadha Imperial Coinage, Imperial Series (Va,478 ,479), Obv: five symbol type, Rev: Blank and traces of Marks. Very Fine, Scarce.
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Rs. 1,200-1,500
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Lot No.24
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, Attributed to Imperial Magadha, Silver Karshapana, 2.42g, 18.04x20.76mm, Uniface, G/H Series IVd, Five symbol type including radiant sun, six armed, elephant, animal right on two arches with ground line, rake-like object with three dots above and long tail turning to the left. GH Series.IVd.405. Very Fine+. Rare.
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Rs. 800-1,000
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Lot No.25
AUC18
Ancient India
Silver
Punch Marked, attributed to Saurashtra Janapada, (c. 450-300 BC,) Silver 1/4 Karshapna, 0.80g, 15.01x13.44mm, Obv: Punches of Srivatsa Symbol surrounded by triskele, taurine and circles, Rev: Traces of symbols. Rajgor Series 18. About Very Fine, Scarce.
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Rs. 1,000-1,200
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