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Karshapana Punchmarked
| Issuer | Eran-Vidisha region |
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| Year | 200 BC - 100 BC |
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| Reference(s) | ACR#465 |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely plain and uninscribed, presenting a flat, unworked copper surface without any punchmarks, symbols, or decorative elements, consistent with standard practice for copper karshapana coinage of this type and period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Eran and Vidisha were among the most commercially active towns of central India during the late Mauryan and post-Mauryan period, sitting along trade routes connecting the Gangetic plain to the western ports. Punchmarked coppers from this region circulated alongside silver karshapanas of imperial issue but served a distinctly local exchange function — smaller transactions, market tolls, and the kind of daily commerce that imperial silver rarely touched.
The symbols punched onto regional coppers like this one have resisted full decipherment; some are likely guild or merchant marks rather than royal authority stamps.