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Ancient India: Archaic silver punch-marked coin, Gomti-Ghagra River Valley region, usually attribute

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money / Indian Coins - Ancient Start Price:NA Estimated At:40,000.00 - 50,000.00 INR
Ancient India: Archaic silver punch-marked coin, Gomti-Ghagra River Valley region, usually attribute
Archaic silver punch-marked coin, Gomti-Ghagra River Valley region, usually attributed to Ayodhya Janapada (c.600 -400 BC), Vimshatika standard, similar to MATEC 2167-2182, 5.01g. Obv: One large punch of lotus symbol and a side punch of otter/mongoose. Rev: Blank.

Good Very fine, Exceedingly rare.

The 'Ayodhya' series is one of the rarest of North Indian archaic punch-marked series with very few surviving specimens known.

Similar coin was sold in 2011 in Baldwin's Auction 71, Lot no. 1246 at hammer 1,200 GBP.