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anonymous 1/2 Copper karshapana
five punch
3.99 g., 18x16 mm.
Bull on the left, railed tree in centre, standing human on right; river at the
bottom; "Ujjain symbol" at the top
Blank reverse
anonymous 1/2 Copper karshapana
large countermark
4.73 g., 21x20 mm.
A large c/m depicting a standing human holding stick and kamandalu is placed on
the blank
reverse of a worn Eran coin which shows an "Ujjain symbol" and a lotus-flower
anonymous 1/2 Copper karshapana
five punch "elephant type"
5.52 g., 20x18 mm.
Elephant on the left, railed tree in centre,
(lotus)flower on the right; railed Indradhvaja on top; river at the bottom
Blank reverse
anonymous 3/4 Copper karshapana
five punch "elephant type"
6.24 g., 20x20 mm.
Elephant on the right, railed Indradhvaja in centre,
"Ujjain symbol" with nandipada on one of its orbs on the left; river
at the bottom
Blank reverse
anonymous Copper karshapana
five punch "elephant type"
7.84 g., 21x21 mm.
Elephant on the right, railed Indradhvaja in centre,
taurine in open enclosure on left; six-armed symbol, on top; river at the bottom
Blank reverse
anonymous 3/4 Copper karshapana
five punch "horse type"
6.94 g., 25x23 mm.
Horse on the left and six-armed symbol on the
right
"Ujjain symbol" and Indradhvaja on top; river at the bottom
anonymous Copper karshapana
four punch "horse type"
8.03 g., 20x17 mm.
Horse on the left, Indradhvaja in damaru-shaped enclosure on the right; "Ujjain
symbol" on top; river at the bottom
Blank reverse
anonymous Copper karshapana
four punch "horse type"
10.83 g., 25x23 mm.
Obv.: Horse on the right and tree-on-hill with a
taurine in each of its three archs on the left; "Ujjain symbol" with taurine topped lines between; river at the bottom
anonymous 3/8 Copper karshapana
five punch "bull type"
3.52 g., 17x17 mm.
Bull on the left, "Ujjain symbol" in centre and
Indradhvaja on the right; railed tree on top and river at the bottom
Blank reverse
anonymous Copper karshapana
five punch "bull and elephant and lion type"
7.47 g., 20x20 mm.
River in centre; on top bull on the left and elepahnt on the right; at the
bottom lion on left and elaborate "Ujjain symbol" on the right
Blank reverse
anonymous 1/8 Copper karshapana
two punch
1.15 g., 11x9 mm.
Railed tree on the left and Ujjain symbol on the right
Blank reverse
anonymous 3/4 Copper karshapana
two punch
6.41 g., 21x20 mm.
Obv.: Lotus flower and cakra.
Rev.: Worn traces of Eran coin undertype(elephant,
river, railed Indradhvaja, lotus
flower, railed tree and six-armed symbol)
anonymous 1/4 Copper karshapana
three punch
2.07 g., 14x14 mm.
Indradhvaja, "Ujjain symbol" and six-armed symbol
Blank reverse
anonymous 3/4 Copper karshapana
three punch
6.10 g., 22x22 mm.
Indradhvaja, railed tree and "Ujjain symbol"
Worn traces of obverse design of Ujjain undertype depicting "bull facing
railed
Indradhvaja"
anonymous 1/2 Copper karshapana
five punch
5.35 g., 20x19 mm.
"Ujjain symbol", Indradhvaja, railed tree, river
Blank reverse
anonymous 1/2 Copper karshapana
four punch
5.70 g., 20x20 mm.
The same type as previous coin but a damaru-in-damaru-shaped-enclosure on the
reverse
anonymous 1/2 Copper karshapana
four punch
4.39 g., 19x18 mm.
Railed tree on top left, flower on top right; at the bottom "Ujjain symbol" on
the right and closed semicircle with two fish inside and two swastika above on
the left
Blank reverse
anonymous 1/2 Copper karshapana
countermark
5.99 g., 22x20 mm.
Closed semicircle similar to that on previous coin
but with "Ujjain symbol" above in one single punch (countermark)
Worn Eran "elephant and horse type" (elephant, horse, river, "Ujjain symbol)
anonymous 1/2 Copper karshapana
four punch
5.28 g., 20x19 mm
Elaborate "Ujjain symbol" on top, below it a chakra on left and a
railed tree on right; river at the bottom on left
Blank reverse
anonymous 1/2 Copper karshapana
five punch
4.58 g., 18x18 mm.
From left to right lotus-flower, railed tree and elaborate "Ujjain symbol";
railed Indradhvaja on top, river at the bottom
Blank reverse
anonymous 1/2 Copper karshapana
countermark
4.53 g., 18x16 mm.
Taurine fixed in open railing is countermarked on the blank reverse of a worn
Eran undertype. The worn traces of the Eran undertype show 5 punches of which
elephant, river and lotus are identifiable
See also -
Eran and Vidisha coins