Indus Valley Civilization (mature phase, c.2500-2000 BC) - gold ornamental diskette, to be strung into a necklace, 1.98g. View Lot

Archaic silver punch-marked coin of a type of uncertain provenance and attribution, struck to the Vimsatika standard, with symbolic configuration ABBC. Most likely, it belongs to a series from the middle Gangetic Valley, 4.41g. View Lot

Archaic silver punch-marked coin, 'Narhan hoard' or 'Ghagra - Gandak River Valley' region type, commonly attributed to 'Shakya Janapada', c.400-350 BC, 5-Shana or 1½ Vimshatika standard, Rajgor 523, 6.33g. Obv: single deep punch of a pentagon symbol with large central dot, a few small ancillary punches around. Rev: plain. View Lot

Archaic silver punch-marked coin, Tapi-Wainganga Valley, western borders of the ancient Vidarbha region, ½ Karshapana, ABBC configuration, c.400-350 BC, not listed in Rajgor, 1.21g. Obv: Four punches - 1x elephant facing left, 1x two taurines in dotted circle, and 2x whorl with eight hands; traces of an undertype. Rev: Traces of an undertype (elephant visible). View Lot

Archaic silver punch-marked coin, Godavari Valley region, usually attributed to 'Ashmaka Janapada' - ½ Karshapana, ABBC configuration, (c.400-350 BC), not listed in Rajgor, 1.50g. Obv: four punches - 1 x elephant facing right, 2 x three small elephants going round in a circle, 1 x palm tree branch. Rev: plain. View Lot

Archaic silver punch-marked coin, Godavari Valley region, usually attributed to 'Ashmaka Janapada' - ½ Karshapana, ABBC configuration, (c.400-350 BC), not listed in Rajgor, 1.54g. Obv: four punches - 1x elephant facing left, 2x stylized sacrificial post (yupa) between two taurines, 1x palm tree branch. Rev: plain. View Lot

Archaic silver punch-marked coin, Godavari Valley region, usually attributed to 'Ashmaka Janapada' - ½ Karshapana, ABBC configuration, (c.400-350 BC), not listed in Rajgor, 1.49g. Obv: four punches - 1x elephant facing left, 2x six-pointed stars with dots between tips, 1x palm tree branch. Rev: plain. View Lot

Archaic silver punch-marked coin - middle Ganges valley region, 'Marjadpur hoard' type, traditionally attributed to 'Kosala Janapada' (c.400-300 BC), ABCD configuration, Karshapana standard, Rajgor series 62, no. 956-57, 3.16 g. Obv: Four punches - 1. Five double crescents around a circle 2. A complex whorl with comma-like shapes 3. A three-pronged 'lunette' symbol 4. Treskelis. Rev: minor 'banker's marks'. View Lot

Archaic silver punch-marked coin - light-weight Karshapana, Palia hoard type, attributed to 'Kosala Janapada', (c.400-300BC), Rajgor series 65, 2.68g. Obv: four punches - Kosalan '3-S' symbol, taurine within semi-circular enclosure, elephant to left and Nandipada intersected with horizontal arrow. Rev: small 'bankers' marks'. View Lot

Archaic silver punch-marked coin - light-weight Karshapana, Palia hoard type, attributed to 'Kosala Janapada', (c.400-300BC), Rajgor series 65, 2.58g. Obv: four punches - Kosalan '3-S' symbol, taurine within semi-circular enclosure, six 'pointed star and a wheel. Rev: small 'bankers' marks'. View Lot

Archaic silver punch-marked coin, Saurashtra region, usually attributed to 'Surashtra Janapada' (350-250 BC), 'hare in 'crescent' type, van't Haaff 24.0.5, 0.77g. Obv: A hare in a crescent below a square dot; treskelis, taurines and annulets around. Rev: Usual traces of undertype. View Lot

Archaic silver punch-marked coin, Saurashtra region, usually attributed to 'Surashtra Janapada' (350-250 BC), 'fish’ type, van't Haaff 25.0.2, 0.85g. Obv: A fish in above a square dot, two fishes in a tank below; treskelis, taurines and annulets around and traces of an undertype. Rev: Traces of undertype, 'open cross with Swastika' type is identifiable. View Lot

Imperial Magadhan silver punch-marked Karshapana coin (c.400-350 BC), GH series I, No. 188, 3.34g. Obv: five punches - 1. Sun, 2. Six-armed symbol, 3. Fish flanked by florets in a rectangle, 4. Yupa with three taurines on the shaft, 5. Elephant to right. Rev: blank. View Lot

Imperial Magadhan silver punch-marked Karshapana coin (c. 350-300 BC), GH series III, no. 305, 3.30g. Obv: five punches - 1. Sun, 2. Six -armed symbol, 3. Hare facing right surrounded by taurines 4. Palm tree 5. Elephant. Rev: bankers’ marks and traces of an older undertype. View Lot

Imperial Magadhan silver punch-marked Karshapana coin (c. 350-300 BC), GH series III, no. 305, 3.21g. Obv: five punches - 1. Sun, 2. Six -armed symbol, 3. Hare facing right surrounded by taurines 4. Palm tree 5. Elephant. Rev: bankers’ 'marks and traces of an older undertype. View Lot

Ancient Malwa, post-Mauryan die-struck coinage, 'Ujjain' region - copper coin of 'elephant' type (c.200-150 BC), similar 'to Pieper 364, 4.74g. Obv: elephant standing facing right; tank with aquatic creatures, small 'Ujjain' symbol and wheel with 'arrow-spokes above and a river with fishes below. Rev: 'Ujjain' symbol. View Lot

Ancient Malwa - uninscribed die-struck coinage from 'Ujjain' region (c.200-100 BC), 'standing man' type, similar to Kothari RB104, 6.32g. Obv: man standing holding stick, tree-in-railing to left, small 'Ujjain' symbol above and a river with fishes below. Rev: 'Ujjain' symbol with small 'Ujjain' symbols within orbs. View Lot

Ancient Malwa - uninscribed die-struck coinage from 'Ujjain' region (c.200-100 BC), 'multi-symbol' Kothari RB72 as undertype, 4.78g. Obv: Tree-in-railing to left, 'Ujjain'-symbol in centre, tank with aquatic creatures above, wavy line below, standard to right. Rev: 'Ujjain' symbol with concentric orbs; counterstruck by a 'three-arched hill topped with an umbrella, with wavy line below' symbol. View Lot

Ancient South Malwa, Narmada Valley - uninscribed die-struck alloyed copper coin, (c.150-100BC), with symbolic configuration on both sides, not listed in Pieper or Mitchiner, 9.47g. Obv: tree-in-railing, six arched hill with crescent and open cross. Rev: wavy line, tree, five arched hill surmounted by two water-pots, a stylized treskelis with alternating damarus between prongs and a taurine. View Lot

Ancient Central Malwa, Vidisha/Bes-Betwa confluence region - local uninscribed copper punch-marked coin, (c.200-150BC), unlisted in major publications, 6.40g. Obv: five very ornate symbols - river with fishes and turtles, tree-in-railing (in centre), a stylized Shrivatsa on a pedestal, an 'Ujjain' symbol with smaller 'Ujjain' symbols in orbs and taurine-headed standards within quadrants, and a decorated three-arched hill topped by a triangle-headed standard. Rev: a bold punch of 'eight-petal lotus bloom. View Lot

Ancient Western Malwa, Ujjain area, Kshipra/Chambal valley - local punch-marked copper coin, (c.200-150 BC), not listed in Pieper or MAC, 2.49g. Obv: three punches - tree in railing, Swastika and triangle-headed standard. Rev: blank. View Lot

Ancient Eastern Malwa, Dasharna area, lower Betwa valley - civic coinage, die-struck lead coin of 'Mrigamukha' city -state (c. 200-150 BC), Pieper 516, 7.07g. Obv: frog under a balance stick. Rev: Brahmi legend Mugamukhe. View Lot

Ancient Eastern Malwa, Dasharna area, Betwa valley - punch-marked copper coin of Erikachha city-state, (c.200-150 BC), not listed in Pieper or MAC, 3.91g. Obv: Five punches -1x horse walking to left, 1x palm tree in railing, 1x tree-in-railing, 1x Ujjain symbol, 1x triangle-headed standard in railing with Brahmi legend Erikachha (partly obliterated). Rev: Blank. View Lot

Ancient Eastern Malwa, Dasharna area, Betwa valley - uninscribed die-struck coin of the Amatyas of Erikachha city-state, (c.200-150 BC), Pieper 503, 2.12g. Obv: two stylized Nandipadas within a rectangular border, countermarked with a small flower symbol. Rev: six-arched hill, partly visible. View Lot

Ancient Eastern Malwa, Dasharna area - copper coin of Erikachha city state, Betwa valley (c.200-150 BC), similar to Pieper 505 but of double denomination, 14.38g. Obv: Brahmi legend Erikachha; a stylized palm-tree and a strung bow-and 'arrow to its right. Rev: blank. View Lot