Ancient : Rajanyas ; Extremely Rare Specimen ;

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 Ancient : Rajanyas ; Extremely Rare Specimen

Obverse : Standing female figure holding ball like object in her raised right , left akimbo; Brahmi legend rajana janapadasa
Reverse : Bull to left in rayed border
Reference : ( BMC , please XXIX,15-19 ; Honda class II , Variant A )

Note : These are Punjab tribal coins . Vincent Smith ( CIM : 164 ) was the first to read the complete legend as Rajana Janapadasa meaning , of the Rajanya tribe.These are rarely encountered , according to Handa (2007:100) less than 30 pieces are known.

" Such heavy weight standard is unpublished so far " .



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