Catalog
Copper unit
| Issuer | Saurashtra Peninsula |
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| Year | 1-100 |
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| Shape | Irregular |
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| Obverse description | Irregular flan of cast copper with a roughly textured field. A quadruped animal, likely a bull or bovine, depicted in profile facing right, rendered in low relief with schematic but recognizable form. The figure occupies the central field of the coin, characteristic of the indigenous coinage traditions of the Saurashtra region during the early centuries CE. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Saurashtra Peninsula produced a range of cast and struck copper issues during the early centuries CE under local chieftains whose exact dynastic affiliations remain contested among scholars. Attribution of these small coppers is complicated by the near-total absence of surviving inscriptions identifying issuing rulers, leaving most pieces catalogued by region and typology rather than by name.