Lot 24
Ancient, Athaknagar City State “AThaKa (NaGa)Ra SaSaTha”, Copper Unit
Auction # 8 Lucknow ( Floor & Realtime Online Auction )
- Estimated Price (INR)
- 6000 - 8000
- Price Realised -
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Auction Completed!
- Catalog Reference #
- #
- Metal Composition
- Copper
- Lot Grade/Condition
- very fine
- Diameter
- 16.30 x 19.26 mm
- Weight
- 5.41 gms
- Denomination
- Unit
- Calendar/Year
- c. 2nd-1st Century BC
Ancient, Athaknagar City State (c. 2nd-1st Century BC), Copper Unit, 5.41 gms, 16.30 x 19.26 mm, Obverse: Hollow cross with Taurines within it. Wavy line below, Reverse: A tree like structure with Brahmi letters in place of leaves and reading as “AThaKa (NaGa)Ra SaSaTha”, As per Prof. Chandrashekhar Gupta Athak Nagar Saasvath means Finance City of Saasavath, he further attributed Saasvath to Sravasthi, very fine, extremely rare.