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Auction: 16048 - Timed Auction - The South Asian Coins of Dr. Philippe Taugourdeau
Lot: 524

Early India, Vatsa of Kausambi (c.2nd century BC - 1st century AD), triangular AE Unit, 1.14g, bull right, rev. blank, damaru (bow-tie) shaped Unit, 0.48g, designs unlcear, circular cast AE Unit, 3.29g, elephant standing left before yupa, rev. unclear, circular cast AE Unit, 7.91g, 'lanky bull' standing left, rev. tree in railing, both flanked by ancillary symbols, square cast AE Unit, 1.28g, similar bull on obverse, rev. chackra with Brahmi legend kosabi around, Brishaspatimitra II, AE Unit 1.02g. bull standing right, rev. tree in railing with partial legend 'ti mi' below, Vaisravana, AE Units (4), bull standing right, rev. legend below three arched hill behind railings, a further AE Unit, possibly Agnimitra (BMC pl.XX.2, 5, 11, 13-15, XXI.7; Pieper 945, 965, 976-78, 993-5, 1002-3; MAC 4583-92), generally fine to very fine, a good representative selection of this scarce series (11)

Ancient Vatsa was an important trading centre of the Ganges valley, and its capital, Kausambi, was believed to have been situated near the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers . Its rulers gained independence with the decline of the Sunga dynasty and issued a wide range of coins over the next 400 years. The coins in this lost are believed to have been issued before the Kushan conquest, although further coins were issued after this time.

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