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Ancient India
Lot No.1
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic silver punch marked 'bent bar' coin, attributed to 'Gandhara Janapada', (c.600-300 BC) - early type, flat bar with wide flan, Rajgor Series 34, 11.54g. Obv: two punches with radiating circles on either end of the bar, with small 'Taxila mark' in centre. Rev: blank.
Extremely fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 6,000-8,000
Sold For :
Rs. 10,000
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Lot No.2
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic silver punch marked 'bent bar' coin, attributed to 'Gandhara Janapada', (c.600-300 BC) - early type, flat bar with wide flan, Rajgor Series 34, 10.66g. Obv: two punches with radiating circles on either end of the bar, with small 'Taxila mark' and some other symbols in centre. Rev: blank.
Extremely fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 6,000-8,000
Sold For :
Rs. 7,500
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Lot No.3
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic silver punch marked 'bent bar' coin, attributed to 'Gandhara Janapada', (c.600-300 BC) - early type, flat bar with long flan, Rajgor Series 34, 11.70g. Obv: two punches with radiating circles on either end of the bar, with small symbol in centre. Rev: blank.
Extremely fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 5,000-7,000
Sold For :
Rs. 10,000
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Lot No.4
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic base silver punch marked coin, 'bent bar' type, usually attributed to 'Gandhara Janapada' (400-350 BC), late type with short flan and debased contents, Rajgor 554-559, 11.38g. Obv: Two punches with radiating circles stamped at far ends of the bar-like flan. Rev: blank.
Very fine, Very scarce.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 3,000-4,000
Sold For :
Rs. 3,000
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Lot No.5
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic silver punch-marked coin - Bihar series, generally attributed to 'Magadha Janapada' of pre-imperial period, (c.450-400 BC), struck to Vimshatika standard, similar to Rajgor Series 10, 5.36g. Obv: prominent six-armed symbol in centre, two small ancillary marks. Rev: plain.
Extremely fine, Very rare.
An unusual type without the 'Sun' mark, usually associated with Magadha.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 15,000-20,000
Sold For :
Rs. 15,000
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Lot No.6
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
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, 6.51g. Obv: single deep punch of a pentagon symbol with large central dot, a few small ancillary punches, including a tree in railing, around. Rev: blank.
Very fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 5,000-7,000
Sold For :
Rs. 5,500
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Lot No.7
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic silver punch-marked coin - lower Tons river system, attributed to 'Chedi' or 'Kalinga' Janapada, (c.400-350 BC), ABBC configuration, Karshapana standard, not listed in Rajgor or MATEC, 3.44g. Obv: four punches - 1x bull facing left, 2 x six-semircircles, each with an annulet, surrounded a circle with a dot, and 1x ploughshare without oxen resembling a 'candelabra'.
Extremely fine, Very rare.
MATEC lists similar coins with 'candelabra' like mark as products from the Son river valley, (Shahdol area) while Rajgor refer to a hoard in Patna Museum with similar marks.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 15,000-20,000
Sold For :
Rs. 35,000
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Lot No.8
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic silver punch-marked coin of the Tapi-Wainganga River system, ancient North Vidarbha region (c.400-350 BC), not listed in Rajgor, 1.64g. Obv: four punches in ABBC configuration: 1x elephant, 2x four taurines going around with a circle on the side, 1x triangle surrounded by annulets. Rev: plain.
Extremely fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 4,000-5,000
Sold For :
Rs. 5,700
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Lot No.9
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic silver punch-marked coin - Northern Maharashtra region, Upper Tapi river system (c.400-350 BC), struck to ½ Karshapana standard with ABBC symbolic configuration, 1.45g. Obv: four symbols - 1x elephant facing left, 2x four crescents surrounding a rectangle, 1x wavy line resembling Greek letter 'Omega'.
Good very fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 3,000-4,000
Sold For :
Rs. 5,600
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Lot No.10
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic silver punch-marked coin - Middle Ganga Valley (attributed to 'Kashi Janapada'), c.400-350 BC, Vimshatika standard, scyphate shape and fabric, Rajgor 708, 4.63g. Obv: Four symbols of ABBC configuration - two large 'whorl' marks with anticlockwise sprigs, one large whorl with clockwise sprigs and one whorl without a central circle; many small banker's marks. Rev: a few small banker's marks.
Extremely fine, Very rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 15,000-20,000
Sold For :
Rs. 15,000
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Lot No.11
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic silver punch-marked coin - Middle Ganga Valley (attributed to 'Kashi Janapada'), (c.400-350 BC), Vimshatika standard, scyphate shape and fabric, Rajgor 708, 4.88g. Obv: Four symbols of ABBC configuration - two large 'whorl' marks with anticlockwise sprigs, one large whorl with clockwise sprigs and one whorl without a central circle. Rev: blank.
Extremely fine, Very rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 12,000-15,000
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Lot No.12
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic silver punch-marked coin - middle Gangetic Valley, a type of uncertain provenance and attribution, struck to the Vimshatika standard, with symbolic configuration ABBC, not listed in Rajgor, 4.08g.
Extremely fine, Very rare.
These coins have appeared on the market before with varied provenances ranging from Bharatpur to Jaunpur. As such they have been attributed to various 'Janapadas' like 'Matsya', 'Maru' etc but these attributions remain speculative. For an attempt at cataloguing, see article 'A New Local Type of Early Punch-marked Coins' by Sharad Sharma and Badri Prasad Verma, in Numismatic Digest vol. 36-37 (2012-2013). The symbols these coins have are entirely geometric and composed of intricate whorls.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 5,000-7,000
Sold For :
Rs. 5,000
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Lot No.13
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic silver punch-marked coin - middle Ganges valley region, 'Jakhania hoard' type, traditionally attributed to 'Kasi Janapada under Kosala Janapada', (c.400-300 BC), ABBC configuration, Vimshatika standard, Rajgor series 58, 4.98g. Obv: Four punches - 1. Whorl with anticlockwise prongs, 2. Complex linear symbol, 3 and 4. Sun symbols with anticlockwise curvy extensions. Rev: one small banker's mark.
Extremely fine, Very rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 8,000-10,000
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Lot No.14
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
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, not listed in Rajgor but similar to series 62, 3.40g. Obv: four punches - 1. Five double crescents around a circle 2. 'Star of David' 3. Box-grid with dots, 4. Bull facing left. Rev: plain.
Good Very fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 4,000-5,000
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Lot No.15
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic silver punch-marked coin - middle Ganges valley region, 'Sahet-Maheth hoard' type, traditionally attributed to 'Kosala Janapada' (c.400-300 BC), ABCD configuration, light Karshapana standard, Rajgor series 64, 3.05g. Obv: four punches - 1. '3-S' around a circle, 2. treskelis 3. 'star of David' 4. Indistinct. Rev: many minor 'banker's marks'.
Good Very fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 3,000-4,000
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Lot No.16
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Archaic Silver Punch-marked coin - 4-symbol coins of the Meghna-Padma divide in Eastern Bengal (Bangladesh), struck to Karshapana standard with ABCD configuration, (c.350-330 BC), similar to those reported from the site of Bari -Wateshwar, 3.43gm. Obv: four symbols - 1. Sun, 2. Six-armed symbol, 3. Large river fish 4. Indistinct. Rev: blank.
Good Very fine, Very rare.
An example of a very rare series of Archaic coinage, traditionally attributed to 'Anga' Janapada.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 5,000-7,000
Sold For :
Rs. 8,000
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Lot No.17
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Imperial Magadhan Silver punch-marked Karshapana coin, GH series I, no. 49 (c.400-350 BC), 3.23g. Obv: Five punches, 1. Sun, 2. Six-armed symbol, 3. Square grid with dots inside quadrants, 4. Wheel within a rectangle and 5. Two taurines flanking a circle with solid centre.
Extremely fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 3,000-4,000
Sold For :
Rs. 3,300
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Lot No.18
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Imperial Magadhan silver punch-marked Karshapana coin (c.400-350 BC), GH series I, No. 155, 3.27g. Obv: Five punches: 1. Sun, 2. Six-armed symbol, 3. Two fishes flanking a bud in rectangle, 4. Prominent 'Damaru', 5. Wheel with cogs.
Extremely fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 4,000-5,000
Sold For :
Rs. 4,000
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Lot No.19
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Imperial Magadhan silver punch-marked Karshapana coin (c.400-350 BC), GH series I, no. 160, 3.47g. Obv: Five punches - 1. Sun, 2. Six-armed symbol, 3. Tree, 4. Elephant walking to right, 5. Bull standing facing right.
Extremely fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 4,000-5,000
Sold For :
Rs. 6,700
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Lot No.20
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Silver
Imperial Magadhan silver punch-marked Karshapana coin (c.400-350 BC), GH series I, no. 233, 3.38g. Obv: Five punches - 1. Sun, 2. Six-armed symbol, 3. Three fishes around a dot, 4. Taurine in crescent and dots, 5. Elephant to right.
Extremely fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 4,000-5,000
Sold For :
Rs. 6,700
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Lot No.21
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Copper
Ancient Central Malwa, Vidisha region - uniface uninscribed copper punch-marked coin of post-Mauryan period, (c.250-200 BC), not listed in PAIC, 6.41g. Obv: five punches - 1. River with fishes and turtles, 2. Ornate Shrivatsa over a pedestal, 3. Triangle-headed standard surmounted on a three-arched hill, 4. Tree-in-railing and 5. Composite 'Ujjain' symbol, with small 'Ujjain' symbols within each orb, and superimposed on a taurine-ended cross. Rev: a bold 'lotus' symbol.
Extremely fine, Very rare.
The symbols on the coin are highly elaborate and unusual. Although it is uninscribed, the lotus symbol on reverse suggests an association with the city-state of Bhagila.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 15,000-20,000
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Lot No.22
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Copper
Ancient Central Malwa, Vidisha region - uninscribed copper die-struck coin of post-Mauryan period (c.250-200 BC), not listed in PAIC, 7.43g. Obv: Bull standing facing right, traces of a tree-in-railing to right and 'Ujjain' symbol above; traces of an undertype visible. Rev: 'Nandyavarta' symbol, counterstruck by an 'Ujjain' symbol with taurines in orbs.
Very fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 3,000-4,000
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Lot No.23
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Copper
Ancient Central Malwa, Vidisha region - post-Mauryan uninscribed punch-marked coin, (c.200-150 BC), 4.41g. Obv: five punches - 1. tree in railing, 2. river with fishes, 3. Six-armed symbol, 4. Eight-petal lotus, 5. Triangle-headed standard in a railing. Rev: blank.
Extremely fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 4,000-5,000
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Lot No.24
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Copper
Ancient Central Malwa, Vidisha region - post-Mauryan uninscribed copper punch-marked coin, (c.200-150 BC), not listed in PAIC, 4.90g. Obv: four punches - 1. tree in railing, 2. river with fishes, 3. simple 'Ujjain' symbol, 4. Eight-petal decorative lotus. Rev: blank.
Extremely fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 3,000-4,000
Sold For :
Rs. 3,000
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Lot No.25
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
Copper
Ancient Central Malwa, Vidisha region - post-Mauryan uninscribed punch-marked coin, (c.200-150 BC), 3.79g. Obv: five punches - 1. Tree in railing, 2. River with fishes and turtles, 3. Six-armed symbol, 4. Eight-petal lotus, 5. Triangle-headed standard in a railing. Rev: blank.
Extremely fine, Rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 3,000-4,000
Sold For :
Rs. 3,000
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