INDIA,MAGADHA: Archaic period "Series 0" AR 25-mashas, GH 0.10. EXTREMELY RARE & CHOICE!

Price

Price: US$ 1,250.00	€ 1070.12
	£ 930.5
	AUD 1925.62
	CHF 990.62
	CAD 1754.25

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Rates for: 10/20/2025
SKU: 496.01

Description

Obverse	Four official punches (see line drawing of punches)
Reverse	Blank
Date	c. 6th-5th century BCE
Weight	5.25 gm.
Dimensions	23 x 21 mm.
Die axis	n.a.
Reference	GH (2nd ed) 010, MATEC 2731-55
Comments	This coin belongs to the earliest, pre-karshapana issues of Magadha which are all EXTREMELY RARE. They were not covered in Gupta and Hardaker's seminal work on the Magadha-Maurya coinage, but are included in the second edition. The very first types featured only the central 6-arm symbol; this coin belongs to the second round of issues where the 6-arm symbol was supplemented with a sun and two other symbols. The denomination of 25 mashas was meant to weigh approximately 5.45 gm, considerably heavier than the later 3.49 gm karshapana. This is a CHOICE specimen, only the second time I have offered this type.

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