Punch-Marked Coin

Cleveland Museum of Art

Punch-Marked Coin

Date
400–300 BCE
Medium
silver
Culture
India, Rajasthan, Maurya period (322–185 BCE)
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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