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Name or Denominations
1 Karshapana
Issuer
Mauryan Empire (India (ancient))
Ruler
Ashoka (अशोकः) (271 BC - 232 BC)
Year of Minting
272 BC - 232 BC
Currency
Karshapana (322 BC to 185 BC)
Shape
Square (irregular)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
2.89 g
Diameter
NA
Thickness
2 mm
Material
Silver
Shape
Square (irregular)
Edge Type
NA
Technique
NA
Front design
NA
Back design
NA
Year of Minting
272 BC - 232 BC
Emperor
Ashoka (अशोकः) (271 BC - 232 BC)
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
NA
Inscriptions
NA
Context
After hundreds of years of the invariable sun (with three basic forms) and six-armed symbol (in over a hundred variations) as two of five pictograms from Series I karshapana on, this extraordinary coin abandons the familiar schema, introducing three human figure punches, initially separate punches as in the coin types 584—587, and later combined into one punch in types 588—592. These late imperial coins are of considerably lower weight than the longstanding 3.4 grams (this coin at 2.89 grams). The smaller flan of these later coins also means the punchmarks themselves, crowded and thus partly off flan on most coins from Series II on, are even more off-flan relative to the rest of Magadha-Mauryan era karshapana.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
NA
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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