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Lot # 2 - Extremely Rare Silver Vimshatika Coin of Kashi Janapada.
Extremely Rare Silver Vimshatika Coin of Kashi Janapada.
Extremely Rare Silver Vimshatika Coin of Kashi Janapada. Extremely Rare Silver Vimshatika Coin of Kashi Janapada.
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Punch Marked Coins, Kashi Janapada, (600-465 BC), (Mahakosala & his son of Prasenajita from the Sun Dynasty?), Silver Vimshatika, Large Flan, Scyphate Coinage, Obv: varieties of sun symbols in different styles, with tree & chakra with spoke, geometric symbols, Rev: three different sun symbols otherwise uniface, 4.48g, 29.76mm, about very fine, Extremely Rare.

 

It is noted that these coins were from the Sun Dynasty Or Surya Vansh of Kashi Janapada whose capital was varanasi & Saraswati, Probably the series of series number 55, page 133 type of 705 Pl. X of Rajgor. Overall beautiful specimen.