GelatoEconomist on Nostr: Aahat (punch-marked coins) - early coinage of India, dating to between about the 6th ...

Aahat (punch-marked coins) - early coinage of India, dating to between about the 6th and 2nd centuries BC. Each coin contained on average 50–54 grains of silver. Most common punches were: the sun and six-armed symbols, and various forms of geometrical patterns, circles, wheels, human figures, various animals, bows and arrows, hills and trees.

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