Ancient ; Bell Metal Kamshika Coin of City State of Kurapurika. City-State of Kurapurika (200 BC); Narmada Valley; Kamshya or bell metal coin called as Kamshika;

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**Ancient ; Bell Metal Kamshika Coin of City State of Kurapurika. **
City-State of Kurapurika (200 BC), Narmada Valley, Kamshya or bell metal coin called as Kamshika,
Obv: a human figure (possibly lord Shiva) standing facing forward and holding a staff in the right hand, Brahmi legend “(Ku)rakurapuri(kasa)” below,
Rev: uniface, 6.1g, 21.41mm, (Unlisted), about very fine, Very Rare.
Note: It is the first coin of Kurapurika bearing an anthropomorphic figure making it very important offering. It is hitherto unpublished & unlisted.
Purika was a city in the Avanti area and was well known in the ancient times since 200 BC. According to John Fleet, Purika is to be located to the south of the island of Mahismati (Mandhata in the Khandwa district) in the Narmada. Kurapurika was an ancient name of this renowned city-state.
It was the discovery of a horde in Eran-Vidisha in modern-day Madhya Pradesh that prompted archeologists to trace the location of Purika. This inscribed coin bore the legend ?Kurapurika? as can be seen in the above specimen. “SAVE HERITAGE SAVE COINS”