Æ Unit Die struck

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Beschrijving keerzijde	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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Oplage	ND (300 BC - 200 BC)
Aanvullende informatie	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.