INDIA, Pre-Mauryan (Gandhara). Period of Achaemenid Rule. Circa 5th century BC. Cast AR (15.5x25mm, 6.58 g). Cast teardrop-shaped flan with radiate oval punchmark / Blank. M. Blet-Lemarquand, "Premières frappes locales de l'Inde du Nord-Ouest; L'apport des analyses élémentaires" in Trésors d'Orient: Mélanges offerts à Rika Gyselen, SD1 (this coin); otherwise unpublished. Lightly toned, traces of porosity. As made. Apparently unique.