1 Karshapana
Features
| Issuer |
Nanda Empire
(India (ancient))  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 345 BC - 322 BC |
| Value | 1 Karshapana |
| Currency | Karshapan |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 3.29 g |
| Size | 22 × 14 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular (irregular) |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 435626 |
| References | GH# 442 Terry R. Hardaker, Parmeshwari Lal Gupta; 2014. Punchmarked Coinage of the Indian Subcontinent: Magadha-Mauryan Series. IIRNS Publications
, New Delhi, Delhi, India. |
Obverse
Punchmarks 432 (six-armed symbol variant), 468 (sun), 329 (plant on hills), 58 (zebu bull), 1 (elephant).
Reverse
Indistinct marks
Comments
Gupta/Hardaker type #442. Series IV XXXII AI. Nanda Empire c. 345-322 BCE.
It is unknown what the pictograms on karshapana were meant to communicate. Representational punchmarks show an agrarian society but also appear to draw on religious imagery. The Rig Veda contains hymns to the sun god, Surya, and Indra and the storm gods or Maruts, described as bulls. There are also hymns to the healing plants.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (345 BC - 322 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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