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| Issuer | Mugamukha, City of |
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| Year | 210 BC - 190 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Brahmi |
| Reverse lettering | 𑀫𑀼𑀕𑀫𑀼𑀔 |
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Mugamukha remains unidentified in the archaeological record — no site has been conclusively linked to the name, and the attribution rests entirely on the coin's own legend. Lead coinage of this type circulated in the Deccan and surrounding regions during a period when local city-states and tribal republics issued their own currency largely outside Mauryan administrative reach, particularly as that empire contracted through the late 3rd century BC. Lead was the workhorse metal of low-denomination trade in peninsular India precisely because silver was scarce at the local level.