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Punch-Marked Coin
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About this work
Indigenous Indian coinage was cut to weight from sheets of silver or copper and punch-marked, instead of die-cast. Each punch-marked coin had a unique combination of symbols.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePunch-Marked Coin, 400–300 BCE. India, Rajasthan, Maurya period (322–185 BCE). Silver; overall: 1.4 x 1.2 cm (9/16 x 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Sri B. D. Dwivedi, 1967.242.b
