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Æ Unit - Nava
| Issuer | Magha dynasty |
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| Year | 200 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered copper flan in irregular round form, heavily worn and oxidized with reddish-brown patina. The obverse field bears an indistinct device, possibly a symbolic or faunal motif, rendered in a primitive punch-struck style characteristic of early Indian regional coinage. Surface shows significant corrosion and die wear, with the central design largely obscured by encrustation. |
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| Reverse script | Brahmi |
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The Magha dynasty ruled the Kalinga region of eastern India following the decline of the Mahameghavahana line, with their political authority documented partly through Buddhist sources — the Mahavamsa records a king Mahasena displacing earlier rulers from Sri Lanka's perspective. Copper units of this type circulated in a region where punch-marked coinage traditions were giving way to cast and die-struck local issues, leaving attribution and chronology for many Kalinga types genuinely contested among scholars.