Punch-marked copper from the Eran-Vidisha region occupies a poorly documented chapter of post-Mauryan central Indian coinage, issued by local authorities following the empire's fragmentation after Ashoka's death in 232 BC. The symbols punched into these flans were applied by separate dies in sequence, not in a single strike, meaning no two pieces carry identical mark placement.
Punch-marked copper from the Eran-Vidisha region occupies a poorly documented chapter of post-Mauryan central Indian coinage, issued by local authorities following the empire's fragmentation after Ashoka's death in 232 BC. The symbols punched into these flans were applied by separate dies in sequence, not in a single strike, meaning no two pieces carry identical mark placement.