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Early "Shiva" type

Maurya, punchmarked AR karshapana
standing Shiva
3.57 g., 16 x13mm.
Standing Shiva with crested hair holding danda and kamandalu; sun; six-armed symbol; three-arched hill with crescent on top; 'bale-mark'.
'Bale-mark'

punchmarked AE
standing Shiva
2.21 g., 12x11 mm.
Standing Shiva; sun; six-armed symbol; three-arched hill with crescent on top; 'bale-mark'.
'Bale-mark'.

punchmarked AE
standing Shiva
3.88 g., 14 mm.
Standing Shiva holding danda and kamandalu; sun; six-aarmed symbol; tree.
'Bale-mark' and Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
standing Shiva
4.94 g., 16 mm.
Standing Shiva holding danda in right and kamandalu in left; sun above railed tree on left and 6-armed symbol above taurines on right.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 3/4 karshapana
standing Shiva
7.25 g., 17 mm.
Standing Shiva holding danda in right and kamandalu in left; sun above railed tree on left and six-armed symbol on right; taurine on top; river at bottom
Double orbed Ujjain symbol

anonymous Copper 3/4 karshapana
standing Shiva
7.22 g., 17 mm.
Standing Shiva holding danda in right and kamandalu in left; sun above railed tree on left and 6-armed symbol on right; taurine and swastika on top.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol

anonymous Copper 1 1/2 karshapana
Shiva standing on lotus
11.99 g., 18 mm.
Shiva standing on lotus holding danda in right and kamandalu in left; railed tree on left; six-armed symbol above taurine on right.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol

anonymous Copper 1 1/2 karshapana
standing Shiva
12.10 g., 18 mm.
Shiva-like figure standing with danda in right and kamandalu on left; railed tree on left with taurines below.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol with an extra dot in center of each orb

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
standing Shiva
4.26 g., 16 mm.
Standing Shiva holding danda and kamandalu; railed tree on left; six-armed symbol above unconnected Ujjain symbol on right; river line at bottom.
Ujjain symbol with a swastika inside each orb and circles in the angles

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
standing Shiva
3.58 g., 14 mm.
Standing Shiva holding danda and kamandalu; chakra above Indradhvaja on left; railed tree on right; river at the botom.
Ujjain symbol

anonymous AE
standing Shiva
1.64 g., 13 mm.
Standing Shiva holding danda and kamandalu; railed tree on left; swastika on top; chakra on right.
Ujjain symbol with a swastika in each orb.

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
standing Shiva-like
3.34g, 12 mm
Standing male deity both hands akimbo, danda in right; three-arched hill above river on left; chakra above railed tree on right.
Ujjain symbol with a swastika in each orb and footprints in angles.

anonymous Copper 1/4 karshapana
dancing Shiva
2.35 g., 13 mm.
Shiva in dancing pose with both knees slightly bent holding curved club-like danda and kamandalu; river on left; leaves of a tree on right.
Double orbed Ujjain symbol with crescents in angles.

anonymous AE 1/4 karshapana
poly-cephalous Shiva
2.65 g., 12 mm.
Multi-headed Shiva holding danda and kamandalu; tree on left; (chakra above fish-tank on right)
Double orbed Ujjain symbol surrounded by river with fish.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
poly-cephalous Shiva
4.32 g., 17 mm.
Multi-headed standing Shiva holding danda and kamandalu; railed tree on right;chakra above fish-tank on left.
Double orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous AE
crested standing Shiva
1.82 g., 12 mm.
Crested Shiva standing to right; railed tree on left; chakra above fish-tank on left; river at the bottom.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous AE
crested standing Shiva
0.72 g., 9 mm.
Crested Shiva standing to left holding danda and kamandalu; railed tree on left; taurine on top.
Ujjain symbol with alternating swastikas and taurines in its orbs.

anonymous AE
Shiva-like figure holding kamandalu before breas'
1.10 g., 10 mm.
Shiva-like standing figure holding danda and kamandalu; taurine above standard on left.
Ujjain symbol

anonymous AE
Shiva-like figure holding kamandalu before breast
1.2 g., 11 mm.
Shiva-like standing figure holding danda and kamandalu; taurine above standard on left, srivatsa above a lotus-like symbol at right
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol

anonymous AE
standing Shiva
1.72 g., 12x11 mm
Standing Shiva holding danda and kamandalu; six-armed symbol on top.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
standing Shiva
3.16 g., 18x14 mm.
Standing Shiva holding danda and kamandalu; chakra above swastika and standard on left; fish-tank above railed tree on right; river at the bottom.
Ujjain symbol with a swastika in each orb.

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
standing Shiva and nandi
3.18 g., 18x16 mm.
Standing Shiva holding danda and kamandalu, nandi facing from left towards the deity; chakra and standard on top left.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
standing Shiva and nandi
5.03 g., 17x15 mm.
Standing Shiva holding danda and kamandalu, nandi on the left facing towards the viewer; chakra and Indradhvaja on top; parts of tree on right.
Ujjain symbol with a swastika in each orb.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
standing Shiva and nandi
5.31 g., 17x17 mm.
Standing Shiva on right with nandi on left facing towards the deity; railed tree in center between Shiva and bull.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 2 karshapana
standing Shiva and nandi
15.53 g., 26x21 mm.
Standing Shiva on right with nandi on left facing towards the deity; railed tree in center between Shiva and bull; taurines on top and a swastika on right bottom; river with diverse aquatic creatures at the bottom.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol with an extra arm topped by a taurine in each angle.

anonymous Copper 1 1/2 karshapana
standing Shiva and nandi
13.38 g., 20 mm.
Standing Shiva in center; bull facing the deity from left, Indradhvaja above the bull; railed tree on right; river at the bottom.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol with a taurine in each angle.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
standing Shiva and nandi
3.40 g., 18 mm.
Standing Shiva holding danda and kamandalu; bull facing the deity from the right; Ujjain symbol on top; railed tree on left; river at the bottom.
Ujjain symbol with a swastika in each orb.

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
seated Shiva and nandi
3.44 g., 14x14 mm.
Seated Shiva holding danda and kamandalu; bull facing the deity from left; Ujjain symbol above the bull; railed tree on right; river at the bottom.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol with a taurine in each angle.

Diverse deities type

Bhumimitra AE
seated Lakulisha
1.78 g., 12 mm.
Lakulisha seated on a lotus holding danda and kamandalu; chakra above tree on left; Brahmi legend 'bhumimitasa' in vertical placement on right.
Ujjain symbol with a small Ujjain symbol in each orb; nandipadas in angles.

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
seated Lakshmi
3.18 g., 16 mm.
Seated Lakshmi with feet parallel to each other, right hand on leg and left hand raised holding lotus flower.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
abisheka-Lakshmi
3.10 g., 15x11 mm.
Lakshmi seated with feet parallel to each other, her right rests on her belly and her left on her leg; Lakshmi is flanked by two elephants which are sprinkling water on her head (abisheka Lakshmi).

anonymous Copper 1/8 karshapana
fish-holding Vasudhara
1.00 g., 8x8 mm.
Standing goddess Vasudhara holding a pair of fish with her outstretched right, left hand akimbo.; standard on right.
Ujjain symbol with extra circle in field.

Copper 1/8 karshapana
fish-holding Vasudhara
1.01 g., 8x8 mm.
Standing goddess Vasudhara holding a pair of fish with her outstretched right, left hand akimbo; she wears large earrings and pinned up hair (as if wearing a vessel on her head); swastika on the top left.
Lion standing to right

Copper 1/8 karshapana
fish-holding Vasudhara
1.17 g., 11x8 mm.
Standing goddess Vasudhara holding a pair of fish with her outstretched right, left hand akimbo; her hair is pinned up (as if wearing a vessel on
her head; two crescent-like devices on the left.
Tree

Copper 1/4 karshapanaa
snake holding deity
2.83 g., 11x11 mm.
Frontally facing female figure, her left arm akimbo, her right raised hand holding an uncertain object; on the left is a curved object like a snake coming from a large basket that is standing at the bottom.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
Annapurna
3.17 g., 17x15 mm.
Frontally standing female figure holding a vase or pot in her upraised right hand, left akimbo; 6-armed symbol on top left; horizontally placed Indradhvaja and taurine on bottom left; railed tree on right.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 3/4 karshapana
taurine-holding deity
3.00gm., 15x14 mm.
Frontally standing female figure holding taurine in raised left, right akimbo; chakra above Ujjain symbol on left; swastika above railed tree on right.
Ujjain symbol with a swastika in each orb.

anonymous Copper 1/4 karshapana
six-headed Shashthi
1.95 g., 14x12 mm.
Simplified female figure frontally standing, both arms hanging down; railed tree on right; river line at the bottom.
Ujjain symbol with swastika in each angle

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
shoulder decorated deity
3.30 g., 15x15 mm.
In square incuse standing human on left with rings (bracelets) around the shoulders; Ujjain symbol in center; hand or footprint symbol on right; horizontally placed railed tree at top; river at the bottom.
Ujjain symbol with a swastika in each orb and taurines in the angles.

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
Balarama and ass-demon
3.86 g., 15x14 mm.
Human figure on left holding stick and kamandalu standing towards a horse-like animal which faces him from right; palm tree on right; Ujjain symbol on top; a taurine above the animal and taurine and swastika at the bottom.
Ujjain symbol with a swastika in each orb and taurines in the angles.

anonymous AE
Brahma
2.84 g., 14x14 mm.
Standing male figure holding long curved staff and kamandalu (water-pot) Ujjain symbol on top left and Brahmi legend 'bramha' on top right.
Six-arched chaitya (hill/ multiarched structure) with indistict object on top; indistinct Brahmi legend below the chaitya .

anonymous Copper 1/4 karshapana
standing couple
2.81 g., 17x15 mm.
Standing male and female human figure side by side holding hands, female's right hand raised to her head, male's left akimbo, hair decorations on both sides of the male's head; river at the bottom.
Ujjain symbol with a taurine in each orb

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
3.96 g., 17x17 mm.
Standing male figure holding kamandalu (water-pot) and danda (stick); wheel above six-armed symbol on left; three-arched hill with crescent on top right; countermark on top right depicting a bull with swastika and taurine.
Blank reverse.

anonymous Copper karshapana
7.64 g., 21x21 mm.
Countermark (=standing human figure holding stick and kamandalu) on the blank reverse of an Ujjain region coin.
Worn traces of undertype: three-arched hill, Ujjain symbol, six-armed-symbol and river.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
5.13 g., 16x15 mm.
Countermark (=standing human figure, his left akimbo, his right raised; Indradhvaja on left).
Faint traces of worn undertype of which Ujjain symbol and parts of a tree are visible.

Animal type

Bull type

anonymous Copper 1/12 karshapana
0.68 g., 8 mm.
Bull to right, taurine above, railed tree on right.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/6 karshapana
1.49 g., 11mm mm.
Bull to right, chakra above, railed tree on right, river below.
Ujjain symbol with a shrivatsa in each orb.

anonymous Copper 1/8 karshapana
1.14 g., 10x8 mm.
Bull to right.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/8 karshapana
0.95 g., 10x9 mm.
Bull to right, Ujjain symbol and swastika above.
Multiple Ujjain symbols, swastika in field.

anonymous Copper 1/12 karshapana
0.75 g., 10x9 mm.
Bull to right, swastika flanked by two taurines on top; taurine on right.
Ujjain symbol with a taurine in each angle.

anonymous Copper 1/16 karshapana
0.62 g., 8x8 mm.
Bull to right, swastika, Indradhvaja and taurine on top.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/8 karshapana
0.85 g., 11x10 mm.
Bull to right, swastika, taurine and Indradhvahja on top.
Ujjain symbol with a taurine in each angle.

anonymous Copper 1/12 karshapana
0.72 g., 9x8 mm.
Bull to right, Ujjain symbol, vertical line and vase on top.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/12 karshapana
0.69 g., 9x8 mm.
Bull to right with two taurines above; dotted circle on top.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol with a taurine in each angle.

anonymous Copper 1/8 karshapana
0.83 g., 12x10 mm.
Bull to right with three-arched hill above and taurine on right; railed tree on right.
Ujjain symbol enclosed in 'hollow cross' with a taurine in each angle of the cross.

anonymous Copper 1/6 karshapana
1.47g, 11x8mm
Bull to right with long horns bent forwards; railed tree on right.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/6 karshapana
1.62 g., 11x8 mm.
Bull to right with six-armed symbol above and railed tree on right.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/6 karshapana
1.37 g., 11x10 mm.
Bull to right with Indradhvaja above; railed yupa (sacrifical post) on right.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/ 16 karshapana
0.52 g., 9x8 mm.
Bull to left with Ujjain symbol above, railed tree on right.
Ujjain symbol with thick dot inside each orb and a taurine in each angle.

Bull and tree type

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
3.38 g., 15x15 mm.
Bull to right facing railed tree on right; Indradhvaja and taurine above the bull.
Ujjain symbol

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
3.52 g., 17x15 mm.
Bull to right facing railed tree on right; Indradhvaja flanked by two taurines above the bull.
Ujjain symbol with a dot in each orb.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
4.26 g., 17x15 mm.
Bull to right facing a railed tree on right; Indradhvaja and taurine above the bull.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
3.72 g., 17x15 mm.
Bull to right facing a railed tree on right; Indradhvaja flanked by wo taurines above the bull.
Worn undertype of Ujjain type 'vase-holding deity (Anapurna)

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
3.32 g., 16x12 mm.
Bull to right facing its head towards the viewer with taurine and swastika above and another swastika in front of the bull; railed tree on right; river at the bottom.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
4.98 g., 18x18 mm.
Bull to right facing Indradhvaja above railing on right; river line with fishes above the bull.
Ujjain symbol with a shrivatsa in each orb.

Elephant type

Inscribed Copper 1/3 karshapana
2.93 g., 13x13 mm
In a square incuse elephant standing to right with raised trunk; Brahmi legend around reading anti-clockwise with outwards directed letters
'bhumimitasa'.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol with a taurine in each angle.

anonymous Copper 1/12 karshapana
0.72 g., 8 mm.
Elephant to right, shrivatsa above.
Ujjain symbol with a small Ujjain symbol in each orb.

anonymous Copper 1/16 karshapana
0.51 g., 9x8 mm.
Elephant to left with Ujjain symbol above.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/12 karshapana
0.67 g., 9x7 mm.
Elephant to right with taurine above.
Ujjain symbol with dot in each orb, shrivatsa in field.

anonymous Copper 1/12 karshapana
0.69 g., 9x8 mm.
Elephant to right.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/12 karshapana
0.75 g., 10x9 mm.
Elephant to right.
Ujjain symbol with a dot in each orb.

anonymous Copper 1/6 karshapana
1.38 g., 10x10 mm.
Elephant to right with raised trunk, Ujjain symbol and taurine above the elephant; swastika on right bottom.
Ujjain symbol with a dot in each orb and alternating taurines and swastikas in the angles.

anonymous Copper 1/6 karshapana
1.45 g., 10x9 mm.
Elephant to right with swastika, taurine and Indradhvaja above.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/4 karshapana
2,54 g., 15x14 mm.
Elephant to right with taurine on left and Indradhvaja on right; river at the bottom; fish-tank and Ujjain symbol on top.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
3.75 g., 16x14 mm.
Elephant with raised trunk to right with chakra on top left; (railed) tree on right.
Ujjain symbol with a taurine in each angle.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
4.65 g., 14x14 mm.
Elephant to right with chakra and Ujjain symbol above; railed tree on right; river at the bottom.
Ujjain symbol with shrivatsa in each orb.

Inscribed civic issue Copper 1/2 karshapana
4.97 g., 14 mm.
Elephant to right; Ujjain symbol above.
Brahmi legend 'ujeniya'; above the legend, chakra on left and footprint on right; river at the bottom

Inscribed civic issue Copper 1/2 karshapana
3.67 g., 13 mm.
Elephant to right; Ujjain symbol above.
Brahmi legend 'ujeniya'; above the legend, chakra on left and footprint on right; river at the bottom

Lion type

anonymous Copper 1/16 karshapana
0.54 g., 8 mm.
Lion satnding to right, Ujjain symbol on right.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/12 karshapana
0.73 g., 9 mm.
Lion to right, swastika above.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/12 karshapana
0.81 g., 9x8 mm.
Lion standing to right, Ujjain symbol on right.
Dotted Ujjain symbol with a triskeles in each angle.

anonymous Copper 1/8 karshapana
0.89 g., 11x9 mm.
Lion resting to right.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 3/8 karshapana
3.54 g., 13 mm.
Lion standing to right, Ujjain symbol above, railed tree on right, river at the bottom.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
4.93 g., 14 mm.
Lion standing to left, Ujjain symbol above, railed tree on left, river at the bottom.
Ujjain symbol.

Other animals type

anonymous Copper 1/6 karshapana
horse type
1.35 g., 9x9 mm.
Horse to right, horizontally placed railed tree above, vase on right.
Ujjain symbol with swastika in each orb.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
horse type
5.00gm., 20x15 mm.
Horse to right between railed tree on left and chakra on right; on top from left to right Ujjain symbol, Indradhvaja (and shrivatsa);
river at the bottom.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1 karshapana
horse type
9.04 g., 20x15 mm.
Horse to right, horizontally placed railed tree above the animal and Ujjain symbol below; river on the left and swastika between two taurines on the right.
Ujjain symbol with alternating swastikas and taurines in its corners.

anonymous Copper 1/12 karshapana
tortoise type
0.79 g., 9x7 mm.
Tortoise in square frame/tank with a crescent at each angle.
Dotted Ujjain symbol, one additional taurine in field.

anonymous Copper 1/8 karshapana
tortoise type
0.94 g., 8x8 mm.
Tortoise in square frame/ tank with a circle at each angle.
Ujjain symbol with additional taurine in field.

anonymous Copper 1/8 karshapana
makara type
1.17 g., 10x8 mm.
Makara to right in form of an aquatic creature with fishtail and head of an elephant; Ujjain symbol at top.
Ujjain symbol with a dot in each angle.

Tree type

anonymous Copper 1/ 10 karshapana
0.86 g., 10 mm.
Railed tree with Ujjain symbol on right.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/ 10 karshapana
0.82 g., 8x7 mm.
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Railed tree.
Ujjain symbol

anonymous Copper 1/ 10 karshapana
0.82 g., 8x8 mm.
Railed tree in square incuse.
Ujjain symbol with a dot in each orb.

anonymous Copper 1/ 10 karshapana
0.91 g., 10x10 mm.
Railed tree with Indradhvaja on right.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/ 10 karshapana
0.96 g., 10x7 mm.
Tree in vase, dagger-like symbol on right.
Ujjain symbol with thick dot in each orb and a dot in each angle.

anonymous Copper 1/ 8 karshapana
1.11 g., 10x8 mm.
Railed tree with large crescent above; swastika above taurine on r.
Ujjain symbol

anonymous Copper 1/ 8 karshapana
1.13 g., 9x8 mm.
Railed tree with river on right; part of rectangular symbol on left; two taurines on top.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/ 8 karshapana
1.23 g., 11x11 mm.
Railed tree above river line.
Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/4 karshapana
2.76 g., 12x11 mm.
Railed tree in square incuse with taurine on left.
Ujjain symbol with a thick dot in each orb.

anonymous Copper 1/4 karshapana
1.90 g., 14x12 mm.
Tree-on-hill.
Four Ujjain symbols.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
4.58 g., 14 mm.
Railed tree.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
4.19 g., 15x14 mm.
Tree-on-hill on right and six-armed symbol on left.
Ujjain symbol with alternating taurines and swastikas in the orbs.

anonymous lead 1/2 karshapana
4.37 g., 16x16 mm.
Railed tree on the right; on the left six-armed symbol above Indra-dhvaja; taurine left and swastika right of the Indradhvaja.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol with a taurine in each angle.

Inscribed Copper 1/2 karshapana
'tank between trees' type
5.62 g., 14x14 mm.
Fishtank from which a water channel is branching flanked by two railed trees; Brahmi legend part below reading 'sidhatho(madana)'
Ujjain symbol

Multi Symbol type

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
4.22 g., 18 mm.
Centrally placed Ujjain symbol; swastika and Indradhvaja on right and railed tree on left; fish-tank above the Ujjain symbol and parts of chakra on top right; river at the bottom.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
4.97 g., 16 mm.
As previous coin but the railing has nine compartments and the swastika has been exchanged for a taurine symbol.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/2 karshapana
4.64 g., 13 mm.
Railed tree in center; on the left shrivatsa above swastika; on the right chakra above fish-tank.
Double-orbed Ujjain symbol.

anonymous Copper 1/8 karshapana
1.32 g., 10x10 mm.
Indradhvaja , three-arched hill, six-armed symbol, sun , swastika
Ujjain symbol with a dot inside each orb.

anonymous Copper 1/8 karshapana
1.30 g., 11x11 mm.
Railed tree on right; Ujjain symbol above horizontally placed Indradhvaja on left; taurine below and swastika above the Ujjain symbol.
Ujjain symbol with a dot inside each orb.

anonymous Copper 3/4 karshapana
5.98 g., 17x15 mm.
Six-armed symbol in center; swastika and taurine above a railed tree on the left; Ujjain symbol above Indradhvaja on the right; river at the bottom; above the six-armed symbol is a square tank with two fishes and two turtles.
Ujjain symbol with a swastika in each orb.

Ancient coins of Ujjain, India