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Lot No.138
AUC44
Ancient India
Auction Date: 06-05-2023
Copper
Post-Mauryan tribal republics, Yaudheyas or Kunindas - copper coin struck in the name of 'Chitreshwara' as tutelary deity of the clan (c.50BC-50AD), PAIC 1643 var., 7.14g. Obv: Three-headed Shiva seated frontally on an Āsana, holding a staff, traces of an attendant standing to the right and a kneeling figure at its feet. Rev: Deer facing right, with a Damaru symbol under its belly with a human figure feeding him to the right.
Very fine, Very rare.
The attribution of this type is contested - A M Shastri regards it to be a Kuninda issue but Devendra 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. 8,000-10,000
Sold For :
Rs. 8,000
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