1½ Karshapan - Taxila
Features
| Issuer |
City of Taxila
(Punjab region)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standart tedavül madenî paralar |
| Yıllar | 185 MÖ - 168 MÖ |
| Value | ½ Satamana (3⁄2) |
| Currency | Karshapan (320 BC to 160 BC) |
| Composition | Bakır |
| Ağırlık | 11.5 g |
| Size | 18 mm |
| Kalınlık | 4 mm |
| Şekil | Kare (düzensiz) |
| Orientation | Değişik hizalamalar ↺ |
| Demonetized | Evet |
| Numara | N# 302902 |
| Referanslar | ACR# 1079 Wilfried Pieper; 2013. Ancient Indian Coins Revisited. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.John Allan; 1936. A Catalogue of the Indian Coins in the British Museum / Volume 7. Catalogue of the Coins of Ancient India. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
(en) Elephant walking right with three arched hill on top (chaitya symbol), all within incuse square.
Reverse
(en) Lion to right, svastika on top and three arched hill (chaitya symbol) with a crescent on top on right, all within incuse square.
Edge
Düz, düzensiz
Mint
Taxila, PakistanComments
(en) Struck by anonymous ruler for the city of Taxila local coinage. This coin is a variant of AICR# 1078 (Elephant to right / Lion to left, which is far more common). On the Catalogue of Indian coins in the British museum Coins of Ancient India by John Allan, this type is described and attributed as: Type Uninscribed, Class 2, Variant b (page 225). Pictures for Taxila coins are on plates XXXI to XXXIV, however no specific pictures for this variant are shown.
The copper base unit, 1 Karshapan (or Karshapana), had a weight of about 7-8 grams.
The weight of this coin varies between 10 and 13 grams, and size from 17 to 22 mm, sometimes in a rectangular shape.
The copper base unit, 1 Karshapan (or Karshapana), had a weight of about 7-8 grams.
The weight of this coin varies between 10 and 13 grams, and size from 17 to 22 mm, sometimes in a rectangular shape.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (185 MÖ - 168 MÖ) | (en) Anonymous ruler | ||||||||||||||
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