List 274


India - Ancient
 
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INDO-GREEK: Apollodotos II, ca. 85-65 BC, AR drachm, Bop-série 2A, diademed and draped bust right / Athena Alkidemos standing left brandishing thunderbolt, holding shield, scarce control mark variety, VF.
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INDO-GREEK: Apollodotos II, ca. 85-65 BC, AR drachm, Taxila, Mitch-424c, diademed and draped bust right / Athena Alkidemos standing left brandishing thunderbolt, holding shield, VF.
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AHICHHATRA: Anonymous, ca. 200-340, AE unit (1.65g), Mitch-4727, wheel / Brahmi achyu, VF.
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SHAKYA: Anonymous, ca. 600-500 BC, AR scyphate 5 shana (7.07g), Ra-524, pentagon, with 4 crescent & 1 pellet around, 3 or 4 banker's marks around, rectangular flan, nice strike, VF to EF, RR, ex. Wm. F. Spengler.

Not from the recent hoard, but acquired by Spengler from R.D. Shah in London in 1986.
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SHAKYA: Anonymous, ca. 600-500 BC, AR 5 shana (6.48g), Ra-534, floral symbol between 2 pellet-in-crescent marks, about 6 merchant marks, irregular shaped flan, choice EF.
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VIDARBHA: Anonymous, ca. 3rd-2nd century BC, AE square (8.14g), Mitch-—, Bop-10 (p.130), cast, hill above square / bush in railing, symbols below, Fine, R.
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PAINGANGA: Anonymous, ca. 500-400 BC, AR ½ karshapana (1.69g), Ra-—, 4 punches: elephant left, 3 branches around 3 annulets (cf. R-132) (twice), 3 fish swimming around annulet with triangle of pellets around (cf. R-232) (type A), squarish flan, choice EF.

Painganga was located to the southwest of Nagpur. Overstruck on unrecorded type, with similar fish design twice (without triangle of pellets around).
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PAINGANGA: Anonymous, ca. 500-400 BC, AR ½ karshapana (1.63g), Ra-—, 4 punches: elephant right, 4 crescents & pellets around annulet with dot in center (cf. R-195 for similar with 5 crescents) (twice), and peculiar critter (R-—) (type B1), square flan, choice EF.

Painganga was located to the southwest of Nagpur.
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HARIKELA: Deva period, 8th century, AR 60 rati (5.95g), Mitch-218, humped bull left / yupa in temple, crude EF.
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