Post-Mauryan Polities – Sungas – Silver Coins

Cat No	Obverse	Reverse	Provenance	Wt/Diam	Comments
	Five punches, including a sun symbol (twice), 6-armed symbol, 'Mathura tree', and Balarama holding up plough	Flower symbol	Vauction (Triskeles?) 332, lot 698	3.38g ~15mm	The Sungas. 2nd century B.C. AR karshapana Pieper 151. This is an important coin in Hindu iconography. It has the earliest numismatic depiction of Lord Balarama, an avatar of Vishnu and the elder brother of Lord Krishna. It was issued in the Mathura region during the post-Mauryan period under Sunga rule.