id:			143312
accession number:	1967.243.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.243.a
updated:		2023-08-23 22:08:55.661000

Punch-Marked Coin, 400–300 BC. India, Rajasthan, Maurya Period (322-185 BC). Silver; overall: 1.4 x 1.2 cm (9/16 x 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Sri B. D. Dwivedi 1967.243.a

title:				Punch-Marked Coin
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creation date:			400–300 BC
creation date earliest:		-400
creation date latest:		-300
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creditline:			Gift of Sri B. D. Dwivedi
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culture:	India, Rajasthan, Maurya Period (322-185 BC)
technique:	silver
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Maurya
type:		Coins
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measurements: Overall: 1.4 x 1.2 cm (9/16 x 1/2 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Sri B. D. Dwivedi given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1967
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1967-
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fun fact:
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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wall description:
After Alexander of Macedon succeeded in conquering Egypt and Persia in 331 BC, his ambition to rule the known world led him further east across Bactria in Afghanistan, through the Hindu Kush mountain pass, and into India. There he succeeded in defeating all the local kings of the region until his men, on the brink of mutiny, insisted that they return to Greece. Alexander left governors in charge of his territories, and after his death in 323 BC, his governors became independent kings, establishing Hellenistic cities and a Greek cultural base in the region, which lasted for almost 200 years. Native Indian coinage was marked with symbols associated with the place where they were issued.
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