INDIA, YAUDHEYA: Copper coin with seated Shiva. APASMARA PURUSHA type! RRR.

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Price: US$ 245.00 € 209.74
£ 182.38
AUD 377.42
CHF 194.16
CAD 343.83
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  • SKU: TR-099
Description
Yaudheya tribe
c. 1st century BC
AE unit (21 mm, 9.41 g)
 
Obverse: Shiva seated facing on throne, with one hand on his knees and the other raised; his feet resting on a kneeling human figure
Reverse: Deer standing right; damaru between its legs
Ref: Pieper 1643
 
This RRR type depicts a kneeling figure - Apasmara purusha - at Shiva's feet!
 
Shastri regards this to be a Kuninda issue, but Handa suggests a Yaudheya attribution.
 
Extremely Rare.
 
 
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