Copper Coin

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Date:Not Recorded

Description:

Copper coin, probably of Indian origin.

This coin takes on a formula made popular by the coins of the Kushan Dynasty in the First Century BC. It shows a king on the obverse and a Hindu God or Goddess on the reverse. The specific iconography and date of this coin are unidentified.

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Donor ref:LEAMG : M4272.1994.416 (66/17385)

Source: Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum

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