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1/4 Karshapana - Saurastra
| Uitgever | Saurashtra Peninsula |
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| Jaar | 50 BC |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Gewicht | 1.46 g |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central field bearing a taurine symbol (bull symbol) accompanied by a six-armed symbol, both rendered in the punch-marked tradition characteristic of early Indian coinage. The devices are arranged within the irregular square flan, with no surrounding legend or border. The surface displays typical wear and patination consistent with cast copper coinage of the Saurashtra region. No inscriptions are present. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Central field featuring a swastika — an ancient auspicious symbol — with a taurine device placed at each of its four terminals, forming a cruciform composition. The design is executed in the punch-marked style typical of early Indian regional copper coinage. The devices are distributed across the irregular square flan with no encircling legend or border. The surface exhibits green and brown patination consistent with long-term burial or circulation. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The Saurashtra Peninsula maintained its own copper coinage well into the period of expanding Indo-Scythian pressure from the northwest, and these fractional pieces circulated in a region that Greek geographers knew as Syrastrene — a prosperous coastal zone whose ports fed westward trade into the Persian Gulf. Whether this issue predates or overlaps with the establishment of Western Kshatrapa authority in the region remains debated; the chronology of local autonomous issues here resists clean periodization.