Katalog
| Emittent | Eran, City of |
|---|---|
| Jahr | 300 BC - 200 BC |
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| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Copper |
| Gewicht | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Durchmesser | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Dicke | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Prägetechnik | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Ausrichtung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stempelschneider | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Aversbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Aversschrift | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Averslegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Reversbeschreibung | The reverse presents a plain, flat surface with no deliberate design, typical of early die-struck copper units from the Eran city series. The flan surface shows natural irregularities and patination consistent with burial and age, with a mottled green and brown copper patina across the field. No inscriptions, symbols, or secondary punch marks are discernible on this face. |
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| Reverslegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rand | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Prägestätte | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Auflage | ND (300 BC - 200 BC) |
| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Eran, located in the Sagar district of modern Madhya Pradesh, was among the earliest Indian cities to strike its own coinage, and these copper units belong to a period when punch-marked silver dominated long-distance trade while local civic authorities issued cast or die-struck base metal for smaller transactions. The precise civic authority behind Eran's issues remains debated — whether a merchant guild, a local chieftain, or a nascent municipal body — and no contemporary textual source names the issuing institution directly.