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Auction: 16048 - Timed Auction - The South Asian Coins of Dr. Philippe Taugourdeau
Lot: 526

Early India, Panchala (c.1st century BC - 1st century AD), AE / Tin alloy units (9), Phalgunimitra, double Karshapana, 18.70g, female deity standing on lotus holding object in raised hand left, srivatsa in left field, rev. three 'Panchala symbols' above a Brahmi legend (unclear), Rudragupta, 1/16-Karshapana 0.41g, stand with flame, Indramitra, ½-Karshapanas (3), 4.14, 3.12, 2.89g, Indra on stand, Indra within arch, unidentified letter or abstract design, Agnimitra, ½-Karshapanas (2), 2.42, 3.91g, fire-altar on stand, Agni on stand, 1/8-Karshapana, 0.83g, 1/16-Karshapana, 0.44g, uncertain object on stand, possibly a flame, all reverses with standard symbols and Brahmi legends, Later Panchalas of Ahichchhatra (c. 200-340), AE Unit, 0.82g, eight-spoked wheel, rev. Brahmi legend achyuta (BMC pl.XXVII, 2, 11-13,XXVIII, 12, 13, XXIX, 1-5; Pieper -,1014, 1016, 1021-22, 1025; MAC 4539-44, 4557-60, 4727), some of the early coins with a little surface corrosion as normal with this series, generally good fine to extremely fine, a very interesting group containing many unusual types, some apparently uncatalogued (10)

Panchala had been a janapada before the rise of Magadha. Local kings reassumed power in the area after the decline of the Mauryas. Their coins are mostly found in the region of the ancient capital of Ahichchhatra in the Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh. These kings are thought to have issued coins from the late 2nd or early 1st century BC until the time of the Kushan invasion, and then restarted a local coinage after the Kushan decline.

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