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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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