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Feb 19, 2013
Punch-Marked Coin
Punch-Marked Coin
400–300 BC
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India, Rajasthan, Maurya Period
(322-185 BC)
Silver
Overall: 1.4 x 1.2 cm (9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Gift of Sri B. D. Dwivedi 1967.242.a
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Indigenous Indian coinage was cut to weight from sheets of silver or copper and punch-marked, instead of die-cast. Each punch-marked coin had a unique combination of symbols.
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