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Auction: 16048 - Timed Auction - The South Asian Coins of Dr. Philippe Taugourdeau
Lot: 505

Early India, Panchala Janapada (c.400-350 BC), Half-Karshapana (5), single symbol type, two with symbol both sides, Shurasena Janapada (c.400-350 BC), Half-Karshapana (5), varieties based around typical fish above lion punch (Ragjor ser.73, 76; MAC 4087-95 (Avanti), 4096-4107; Pieper 31-33, 39-42), Panchala coins generally very fine, Shurasena issues a little better, both scarce (10)

Panchala Dynasty covered the area north-west of Delhi between the Himalayas and the River Chambal. Shurasena was located in the area around Mathura that borders Panchala to the south-west.

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