Punch-Marked Coin
Cleveland Museum of Art

Punch-Marked Coin

400–300 BCE

silver
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Early Indian coins were cut in irregular shapes and punched with a wide range of marks. The deep punches would prove that the coin was pure silver all the way through.

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