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Rajgor, Dilip, Punch-marked Coins of Early Historic India, San Jose, 2001, 261 pages, 16 plates, 289 superb illustrations by Shailendra Bhandare. Comprehensive catalog of 1288 types of pre-&-Mauryan punchmarks attributed to issuing states by hoard provenance. Includes rarity rating, symbol index, and identification guide. This book covers the silver punchmarked coinages of India from their origin ca. 600 BC to the time of the rise of Magadha ca. 400 BC. It fills the gap in the modern cataloguing of ancient Indian coins, which was left after the volume of punchmarked coins of the Magadha-Mauryan period published in 1985 by Gupta and Hardaker.

Estimate: 75- 100 USD