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Karshapana - Rano Siri Satakarni
| Issuer | City of Nasik (Satavahana Empire) |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Value | 1 Karshapana |
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| Obverse description | Elephant standing in profile to right with trunk raised upward, a symbol positioned in the field before the animal, a swastika symbol placed above, and traces of the ruler's name in Brahmi script along the periphery. The design is rendered in a bold, incuse punch-work style typical of early Satavahana coinage, with the auspicious swastika and elephant serving as dynastic emblems. The overall composition fills the irregular square flan, with additional punch-marks visible in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A tree-in-railing motif, depicting a sacred tree growing from a planted enclosure rendered in schematic form, occupies the central field. An Ujjain symbol — comprising four circles arranged around a central circle connected by curved lines — appears alongside the tree, a characteristic device of Satavahana and western Deccan coinage. The reverse design is executed in punch-mark technique on the irregular square bronze flan, with the symbols distributed across the available field in a manner consistent with early Satavahana administrative issues. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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