INDIA, SANGAM AGE PANDYAS: Asvamedha (Horse-sacrifice) AE. VERY RARE!

Description

Obverse	Sacrificial horse right, facing a yupa-stambha (sacrificial post), with three umbrella-like structures, railed tree at top left, three-hill chaitya at top right.
Reverse	Blank (Pandya fish emblem seems to have been erased)
Date	c. 1st century CE
Weight	4.25 gm.
Dimensions	21 x 17 mm.
Die axis	n.a.
Reference	Krishnamurthy 12-14
Comments	The horse on this coin looks like an elephant! All Sangam Age coins are rare. This is an extremely rare type and of obvious historical importance.