Punch-Marked Coin
-400–-300
- Medium
- silver
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1.4 x 1.2 cm (9/16 x 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Coin
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
India, Rajasthan, Maurya period (322–185 BCE)
About
Indigenous Indian coinage was cut to weight from sheets of silver or copper and punch-marked, instead of die-cast. Each punch-marked coin had a unique combination of symbols.