Watch List notes:

INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Sunga). Sunga Kingdom. Uncertain king, circa 2nd century BC. AE (Bronze, 14x15 mm, 3.53 g, 3 h). Elephant advancing left with indradhavaja below; to left, inverted taurine with swastika below. Rev. Three-arched hill above hollow cross on the left; Taurine above tree-in-railing on the right. MACW 4290. Pieper 190. A very attractive and unusually complete example. Some deposits on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From a German collection of Indian coins and from a collection of coins from Central Asia, Leu Web Auction 13, 15-16 August 2020, 644.

The uninscribed cast copper coins (UCCC) of northern India are the earliest copper coins issued on the subcontinent.