Lot 164

Ancient Panchala Rajnyah Vijayamitra Copper 1/2 Karshapana

Auction # 17 Lucknow (Online)


  • Estimated Price (INR)
  • 1000 - 1200
  • Price Realised -
  • Auction Completed!

Catalog Reference #
published in JONS # 234, 2018
Metal Composition
Copper
Lot Grade/Condition
very fine
Diameter
13.44 mm
Weight
1.46 gms
Denomination
1/2 karshapana
Calendar/Year
220 AD

Ancient, Panchala, Rajnyah Vijayamitra (220 AD), Copper 1/2 Karshapana, 1.46 gms, 13.44 mm, Conch shell placed horizontally on platform, flanked by standards; chakra (sacred wheel) above / Brahmi legend in two lines Rajnyah Vijayami(tasa) single Panchala symbol at top left; Unpublished in the standard references.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.