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Lot No.158
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 1646, 16.79g. Obv: Shiva standing frontally holding trident-battle axe in one hand and the other hand on his hip; Brahmi legend Bhagavato…. to right and …tmanah to left. Rev: Deer facing left, altar between its legs, a 'key'-like symbol, Shrivatsa and a vase above, six-arched hill topped by a sun and a triangle-headed standard to left, traces of tree-in-railing to right and a wavy line below.
Extremely fine, Extremely rare.
The attribution of this type of heavy coins, probably struck on the same standard as a Kushana copper full unit, is contested - A M Shastri regards it to be a Kuninda issue but Devdendra Handa suggests a Yaudheya attribution. Pieper in his AIC catalogue follows Handa and attributes them to the Yaudheyas. The frontal depiction of Shiva is unique in numismatic art.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 50,000-70,000
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