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1 Karshapana Series III, Magadha
| Issuer | Nanda Empire (India (ancient)) |
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| Year | 345 BC - 300 BC |
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| Currency | Karshapan |
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| Obverse description | Irregular rectangular silver flan bearing five principal Series III punch marks applied by the issuing authority, comprising a solar symbol with radiating rays in the upper field, a stylized animal figure (likely a bull or elephant) prominently punched in the central zone, flanked by geometric and symbolic devices. Additional secondary banker's marks are scattered throughout the field, impressed at various orientations by merchants or money-changers to attest the coin's weight and silver purity. The surface is characteristically uneven, consistent with the hammered punch-marked coinage tradition of the Magadha region. |
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| Reverse description | Plain or lightly worked reverse surface of the hammered silver flan, bearing several small secondary banker's marks punched into the field at irregular positions, including schematic anthropomorphic and geometric devices visible in the lower left and upper right areas. These countermarks are characteristic of mercantile re-validation practices common to punch-marked coinage of the Nanda and early Mauryan periods. The reverse shows the natural texture of the worked silver, with no primary issuing authority punch marks present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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