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A Discovery Coin with a New King
Lot 521: India, Ahichchatra kingdom of Pancala. Rajnyah Vijayamitra. Ca. A.D. 220. Æ 1/2 karshapana. 
AUCTION: Triskeles - Auction 28 (Auction 338)
- Sold Winning Bid: $180
- 1 Bid(s)
Description
Rajnyah Vijayamitra. Ca. A.D. 220. Æ 1/2 karshapana (14 mm, 1.61 g). Conch shell placed horizontally on platform, flanked by standards; chakra (sacred wheel) above / Brahmi legend in two lines Rajnyah Vijayami(tasa); single Panchala symbol at top left. Unpublished in the standard references. Extremely rare and important. Very fine.
A new discovery! This king has just been published by Karan Singh in JONS 234 (Winter 2018). The presence of this new king - with his royal title Rajnyah and his complex iconography - indicates that Panchala coinage continued well into the Kushan era and there was no long interlude during Kushan rule in northern India.
Lot Details
- Offered By: Barry P. Murphy
- Lot #: 521
- Listing #: 178359
- Closed: Friday, June 21, 2019 6:53:20 PM CT
- Estimate: $300