INDIA, SURASENA janapada, silver (AR) 1/2 karshapana, van't Haaff 1.16. SCARCE!

Price

Price: US$ 60.00	€ 51.37
	£ 44.66
	AUD 92.43
	CHF 47.55
	CAD 84.2

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Rates for: 10/20/2025
SKU: mh34.26

Description

Obverse	Stylized fish right over stylized lion right, auxiliary symbols
Reverse	Blank, although traces of a previous
Date	c. 5th-4th century BCE
Weight	1.71 gm.
Dimensions	11 x 8 mm.
Die axis	n.a.
Reference	P. Anne van't Haaff: Saurashtra Surasena punchmarked Silver Coinage, type 1.16
Comments	From a hoard of 70 Surasena coins apparently found in Mathura. Highlights of the hoard were published in a paper in the Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society and the coins are all published on the Surasena page on the CoinIndia website. This is coin # 33.

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