Lot 8

Ancient, Punch Marked Coinage, Avanti Mahajanapada, Betul & Tapti valley, (6th-4th Century BC), Silver Karshapana, 1.22 gms, 12.38 mm, Obverse: ABCB configuration with punches of Elephant x1, Triskelis symbol x2, Omega symbol with dot inside x1, Reverse: Uniface, Attributable to Avanti Mahajanapada based on Omega symbol and provenance, Ref # P.P. Kulkarni, Archaic coinage of Godavari valley, Type B2, pg. 159, RRR, specimen has anticlockwise triskelis but the offered specimen here has a clockwise triskelis, hence an unlisted variety, very fine, very rare.