India: Magadha Mahajanapada, under the Mauryan Dynasty. Circa 268–232 BC. Karshapana (Silver, 15 x 10.5 mm, 3.13 g). Five punches: 1) sun, 2) six-armed symbol with arrows and taurines, 3) three ovals in a row bisected by a central line, 4) dog with pup in mouth, tortoise and three taurines below, 5) triple-arched hill with upward facing arc tangent above. Rev. Two punches: 1) three ovals in a row bisected by a central line, 2) triskeles. G&H, Series VIb, 550. HGC 12, 963. Toned with deposits in devices. Good Very Fine. "The Buddha lived in Magadha at the time when punchmarked coins were circulating" (cit. from Parmeshwari Lal Gupta and Terry Hardaker: "Punchmarked Coinage of the Indian Subcontinent", Mumbai 2014, p. 46).

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India: Magadha Mahajanapada, under the Mauryan Dynasty. Circa 268–232 BC. Karshapana (Silver, 15 x 10.5 mm, 3.13 g). Five punches: 1) sun, 2) six-armed symbol with arrows and taurines, 3) three ovals in a row bisected by a central line, 4) dog with pup in mouth, tortoise and three taurines below, 5) triple-arched hill with upward facing arc tangent above. Rev. Two punches: 1) three ovals in a row bisected by a central line, 2) triskeles. G&H, Series VIb, 550. HGC 12, 963. Toned with deposits in devices. Good Very Fine. "The Buddha lived in Magadha at the time when punchmarked coins were circulating" (cit. from Parmeshwari Lal Gupta and Terry Hardaker: "Punchmarked Coinage of the Indian Subcontinent", Mumbai 2014, p. 46).

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