Mauryan Empire Silver

I love this coin type and have many in my collection. What is interesting about this coin is that the Sun and 6 arm symbol punch marks are missing. These two symbols are present on all these coins. An interesting coin from an unknown series.

The go to reference on this coin type is "Punchmarked of the Indian Subcontinent Magadha- Mauryan Series" by Gupta & Hardaker.

Shameless plug: I have 60+ of this type coming up for auction at the end of the month.

I really dig these Mauryan punch marked coins, that's a cool one Lucky Cuss!

Hey Ski, I'm in was thinking of picking some more of these, is your auction on ebay? I'll check it out!

Hi Chris, it's been a while. Hope you are doing well. Yeah CNG auction starting Jan 27.

Your coin seems to belong to Gupta/ Hardaker series VII, which lack the sun & six-armed symbols. Cf. G/H 592b-596a for coins with the symbol in the lower right corner in your photo. A couple of the symbols are unclear but it may be 595.

Dating is difficult. It is generally agreed that attribution to specific reigns is not possible given the present state of knowledge. Gupta and Hardaker date series VII between the accession of Ashoka (272 BC) and the end of Mauryan rule (c. 175 BC), contemporary with late series VI.

Two symbols do appear to be a match for VII 595, but the rest are unclear as you say. Hopefully you will be able to identify one or two more symbols to be sure.