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Æ Unit - Malwa Region
| Issuer | Uncertain Indian mint |
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| Year | 200 BC - 100 AD |
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| Shape | Square (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting a taurin symbol in the form of a paduka (footwear-shaped motif), rendered in raised relief within a recessed square field bordered by a raised linear frame. A globular pellet appears to the left and another to the right of the central device, serving as flanking ornaments. The symbol rises prominently from the flan, exhibiting a characteristic bifurcated upper section and a rounded lower body. The overall style is consistent with cast punch-marked coinage of the Malwa region. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Malwa region produced coinage across an exceptionally long stretch of political fragmentation — Śunga overlordship, local chieftains, and the slow encroachment of the Western Kṣatrapas all left behind copper issues that remain poorly attributed. Without a legible symbol sequence or a die match to a published hoard, pinning this piece to a specific issuing authority is genuinely not possible with current scholarship.