Æ Unit - Ujjain Region

The punch-marked and cast coinages of the Ujjain region circulated across a trade network that connected the Malwa Plateau to both the Gangetic plains and the Deccan routes southward. Ujjain itself was one of the six great cities of ancient India and a node in the overland commerce that predated Mauryan administrative reach into the region. These small copper pieces were almost certainly used for low-denomination local exchange well after larger silver coinage had standardized for interregional trade.