Silver
circa 1-200 CE
North India
CSMVS
Details
Culture/Civilisation
India
Theme
Writing
Subtheme
India and China – Language and Society
Display Location
Coomaraswamy Hall
Measurements
Diamter 2 cm
Accession Number
2010.13
Description
Ancient coins (and stone inscriptions) show that India has been a multilingual society for several thousand years. The coins combine both official and local languages – Indian and foreign – written in different scripts on the same coin.
Curators Comments
Ruler: Amoghabhuti Tribal State – Kuninda
Script: Brahmi and Kharoshthi
Denomination: Drachm
Obv: Deer facing right, Goddess Lakshmi holding lotus in her upraised right hand; square vase above deer’s back; Srivatsa between its horns; a dotted sun behind the deer’s hind leg Brahmi legend around (from 9 o’clock) rajnah kunidasa amoghabhutisa maharajasa
Rev: in centre, Six arched hill with nandipada on top; wavy line below hill; swastika and forked indradhvaja on left; railed tree on right. Kharoshthi legend (from 5 ‘o’clock) Rana Kunidasa Amoghabhutisa with maharajasa in the exergue.
