Lot 50

Ancient, Panchala, Rajnyah Vijayamitra, Copper "1/2 karshapana"

Auction # 8 Lucknow ( Floor & Realtime Online Auction )


  • Estimated Price (INR)
  • 1500 - 2000
  • Price Realised -
  • Auction Completed!

Catalog Reference #
published in JONS # 234, 2018
Metal Composition
Copper
Lot Grade/Condition
very fine
Diameter
12.65 mm
Weight
1.51 gms
Denomination
1/2 karshapana
Calendar/Year
220 AD
Ancient, Panchala, Rajnyah Vijayamitra (220 AD), Copper 1/2 karshapana, 1.51 gms, 12.65 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chakra (sacred wheel) above / Brahmi legend in two lines Rajnyah Vijayamitasa single Panchala symbol at top left; Unpublished in the standard references.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.