Lot 159

Ancient, Panchala, Rajnyah Vijayamitra (220 AD), Copper 1/2 karshapana, 1.30 gms, 12.20 mm, Conch shell placed horizontally on platform, flanked by standards; chakra (sacred wheel) above / Brahmi legend in two lines Rajnyah Vijayamitasa single Panchala symbol at top left; Unpublished in the standard references. Extremely rare and important. with his royal title Rajnyah and his complex iconography - indicates that Panchala coinage continued well into the Kushan era and there was no long interlude during Kushan rule in northern India. published in JONS # 234, 2018, very fine, extremely rare.