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Lot No.156
AUC42
Ancient India
Auction Date: 06-08-2022
Copper
Post-Mauryan tribal republics, Yaudheyas or Kunindas, copper coin struck in the name of 'Chitreshwara' as tutelary deity of the clan (c.50 BC-50 AD), PAIC 1643, 10.66g. Obv: Three-headed Shiva seated frontally on an Āsana, holding a staff, with a kneeling figure at his feet. Rev: Deer facing right, altar above its back and Damaru under the belly.
Good Very fine, Extremely rare.
The attribution of this type is contested - A M Shastri regards it to be a Kuninda issue but Devdendra Handa suggests a Yaudheya attribution. Pieper in his catalogue follows Handa and attributes them to the Yaudheyas. Coins of this type are very rare and known from a single hoard, which appeared in the early 1980s. Shastri identifies the kneeling figure as the Apasmara-purusha motif associated with Shiva's iconography.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 12,000-15,000
Sold For :
Rs. 24,000
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