Extremely rare and unpublished! 6-mashakas from Andhra Janapada, ca.500-350 BC, Ancient India - unique with a plow punchmark RIGHT

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Four punchmarked symbols symbols (yoni (female sexual organs), elephant left, bull left, plow RIGHT) / Blank. 17x14mm, 1.28 grams. Rajgor's "Punchmarked coins of the early historic India" series 2 (wrongly listed as 1/4 karshapana) (closely related to Series 2 #27), but an unpublished type.

The right-facing "plow" mark is known from this coin only (it always faces left on Andhran coins). 

Extremely rare!!! Ancient country of Andhra was located between the Godavari and the Krishna rivers. The captial city was Dhanakataka, modern Bezwada. They issued silver karshapanas and fractions, all extremely rare and poorly studied.


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