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| Issuer | Kurapurika, City of |
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| Year | 201 BC - 101 BC |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | Uniface punch-marked issue bearing three applied punchmarks arranged in the field: one rectangular punch containing a Brahmi legend reading '[...]rika', and two punches each depicting a triangle-headed standard flanking an Ujjain symbol (a cross with four circles at the terminals), a motif widely attested on ancient Indian punch-marked coinage of the 2nd century BC. The flan is irregular and shows characteristic surface roughness consistent with cast or hand-struck copper coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is blank, this being a uniface issue with all devices confined to the obverse. The copper flan exhibits an unworked, flat surface with natural patination and casting irregularities typical of ancient Indian copper coinage of the 2nd century BC. |
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Kurapurika remains unattributed with certainty in the numismatic literature — the city has not been conclusively identified with any known ancient settlement, and the coinage itself is known from only a handful of specimens, leaving questions of mint location and issuing authority unresolved.