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Karshapana Post-Mauryan Ujjain
| Issuer | Ujjain region |
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| Year | 210 BC - 190 BC |
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| Value | 1 Karshapana |
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| Obverse description | Multiple punch-marked symbols applied to the flat flan, featuring a bird perched atop a railing or architectural element in the upper field, accompanied by three standing deity figures arranged in a row across the lower register. The symbols are incuse, struck with characteristic punch-mark technique typical of post-Mauryan silver coinage from the Ujjain region. The field shows the irregular, slightly convex surface common to hand-struck karshapana flans of this period. The overall composition reflects the regional iconographic tradition blending aniconic and early figural religious symbolism. |
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| Reverse description | Plain flat surface bearing a single incuse counter-mark in the left field, depicting a bird perched upon a railing — an Ujjain regional symbol consistent with local dynastic or merchant validation practice. The counter-mark is deeply and cleanly struck into the otherwise unadorned reverse, confirming re-authorization or re-circulation of the piece. The surrounding field is plain and undecorated, typical of punch-marked karshapana reverses of this era. |
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Ujjain held one of the four punch-mark symbols specific to its regional issues — the Ujjain symbol, a cross with four circles at the terminals — which allows attribution even when the punch sequence is otherwise ambiguous. By the time these were struck, Mauryan central authority had collapsed following Brihadratha's assassination in 185 BC, and regional mints reasserted control over silver coinage they had largely ceded to Pataliputra for over a century. The Mitchiner reference places this squarely in the post-Ashoka fragmentation period.