Archive Lots

Archaic Silver Coin, Mathura region - Silver 1/10 karshapana or mashaka, attributed to 'Surasena Janapada', PAIC 191, 0.30 grams. Obv: 'fish over lion' symbol. Rev: blank.

Archaic Silver Coin, Gandhara region, c.350-300 BC, blank Silver piece corresponding to Karshapana weight, generally attributed to 'Kamboja Janapada', cf. Rajgor-561/567, 3.40 grams. Extremely Rare.

Magadha Mahajanapadha, Series I, (c.400-350 BC) - Silver Karshapana, G&H#105, 3.30 grams. Obv: Five punches: 1. Sun, 2. Six-armed symbol, 3. bull standing right, 4. hare jumping right, 5. five dots in a rectangular arrangement. Scarce.

Magadha Mahajanapadha, Series I, (c.400-300 BC), Silver Karshapana, 3.20 grams, G&H#162, Obv: 6 Armed symbol, sun, tree, Bull facing right, 5 dots within a box, Rev: 2 intresting countermarks, Series I is said to have been minted after the accession of Ajatasatru son of Bimbisara of Haryanka dynasty, XF, Rare.

Magadha Mahajanapadha, Series I, (c.400-300 BC), Silver Karshapana, 3.50 grams, G&H#235, Obv: 6-Armed symbol, Taurine with crescent, Sun, square with 5 dots and a gematric symbol, 3 beautiful countermarks. Rev: Blank, Series I, is said to have been minted after the accession of Ajatasatru son of Bimbisara of the Haryanka dynasty, XF, Rare.

Magadha Mahajanapadha, Series I/II, (c.400-300 BC), Silver Karshapana, 3.20 grams, G&H#279h, Obv: 6-Armed symbol, Sun, crescent with 6 dots, box with 2 taurine and a fish and a box with a symbol. Rev: Blank, Series I/II is said to have been issued at the start of the Nanda Dynasty when the coinage when through a transitional phase. therefore, the coin has the characteristics of both series I & II and a very short-lived series of just 9 verities, XF+, Extremely rare.

Magadha Mahajanapadha, Series II, (c.400-300 BC), Silver Karshapana, 3.00 grams, G&H#270, Obv: 6-Armed symbol, Taurine with 8 dots, Sun, 2 taurine with center circle and dot, Sun, and tree with taurine. Rev: Blank, Series II is said to have been issued during Nanda Dynasty. A Very short-lived series with only 30 types, considered to be rarer than series, I VF+, Very Rare.

Magadha Mahajanapadha, Series II, (c.400-350 BC), Silver Karshapana, G&H#271, listed as 'R', 3.10 grams. Obv: five punches - 1. Sun, 2. Six-armed symbol, 3. two branches with an ellipse, 4. a leaf imprint, 5. two taurines flanking a dotted circle. Very Rare.

Magadha Mahajanapadha, Series II, (c.400-300 BC), Silver Karshapana, 3.50 grams, G&H#290a, Obv: 6-Armed symbol, Sun, Bunny within a dotted circle, 4 taurines within a square and an Elephant. Rev: Blank, Series II is said to have been issued during Nanda Dynasty. A Very short-lived series with only 30 types, considered to be rarer than series I, XF+, Very Rare.

Magadha Mahajanapadha, Series III, (c.400-300 BC), Silver Karshapana, 3.30 grams, G&H#292, Obv: 6-Armed symbol, Sun, 3 posts enclosed with oval outline enclosing taurines, a dot within circle flanked by two taurines, 3 fish surrounding a mini circle. Rev: Blank, VF+, Very Rare.