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Cleveland Museum of Art
ancient coins
Punch-Marked Coin (Cleveland Museum of Art 1967.242)
400–300 BCE
Indigenous Indian coinage was cut to weight from sheets of silver or copper and punch-marked, instead of die-cast. Each punch-marked coin had a unique combination of symbols. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1967.242: Punch-Marked Coin, 400–300 BCE. India, Rajasthan, Maurya period (322–185 BCE). Silver; overall: 1.4 x…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
ancient coins
Punch-Marked Coin (Cleveland Museum of Art 1967.243)
400–300 BCE
After Alexander of Macedon succeeded in conquering Egypt and Persia in 331 BC, his ambition to rule the known world led him further east across Bactria in Afghanistan, through the Hindu Kush mountain pass, and into India. There he succeeded in defeating all the local kings of the region until his men, on the brink o…
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