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Lot No.124
AUC46
Ancient India
Auction Date: 23-12-2023
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., 8.16g. Obv: Three-headed Shiva seated frontally on an Āsana; Brahmi legend …chitreshwara… to right. Rev: deer facing right, with a Damaru symbol under its belly (partly visible).
Extremely fine for the type, 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.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 6,000-8,000
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