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Message:: [QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2207162, member: 42773"]Yep, you heard me, Indian. I vowed I would explore this territory some more this year, so it may as well have a thread. This is all AN's fault. I realize we just posted a bunch of these recently, but here is mine. I thought this example had very crisp detail on the obverse punches, although the reverse punch is only partial... [ATTACH=full]430759[/ATTACH] I've merely copied this attribution from the dealer. If anything is incorrect, please let me know... INDIA, MAURYA: Series VIb Silver punchmarked karshapana, GH 582.  Obverse Five official punches. (See image below for the official marks) Reverse Blank Date c. 3rd-2nd century BCE Weight 3.46 gm. Dimensions 10 x 13 mm. Die axis n.a. Reference GH 582 Comments According to Gupta and Hardaker, the Series VIb coins date to c. 270-175 BCE, the time of the great Mauryan emperor Ashoka and his successors. Ashoka, of course, was the emperor who spread the word of the Buddha throughout his empire. The reverse of this coin normally has a mark that repeats one of the official marks on the obverse, except that it is smaller. This coin has the railed tree.[/QUOTE]