Kausambi, Cast Copper Unit Elephant Multisymbol Type – Unlisted

Issue Of : Kausambi
Era : (150 BC-100 AD)
Denomination : Cast Copper Unit
Weight :  0.7 grams
Diameter :  12.6  mm
Metal : Copper
Reference : W. Pieper Unlisted

Obverse :
Elephant walking to left side, taurine & hollow cross above, indradvaja in front.

Reverse :
Tree in Railing to left, Three arch hill below chakkra above, Swastika in middle.

Comment :
This symbol arrangement is unpublished in W. Pieper. Particularly the Kausambi region had a prolific cast copper coinage. Mitchiner classified the rectangular Elephant Multis ymbol Type Cast Copper coins with Indradhvaja left of the elephant as Mauryan issues and specimens with Indradhvaja beneath the elephant as Sunga issues. Excavation results and finds concentration show that some EUCCCs appear to be local issues of late Mauryan/ early Sunga period.
Rare.