Ancient ; VIDISHA: City state copper coin with Vedisa legend. Very Rare. Vidisha city state, Narmada valley

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Ancient ; VIDISHA: City state copper coin with Vedisa legend. Very Rare.
Vidisha city state, Narmada valley
c. 2nd century BC
Obverse: Chakra (wheel of Vishnu)
Reverse: Brahmi legend Vedisa.
Note : This civic type first came to light in 1961 and has since been reported in small numbers from time to time. In ‘Numismatic Gleanings’, 2012, by Devendra Handa and Major M.K.Gupta, pl.VI, coins 1-3 and p.48, Handa links the wheel symbol on this coin to the prevalence of the Bhagavata cult at Vidisha. This cult found expression in several ways, among them in the erection of a Garuda-dhvaja in front of a temple of Vasudeva at the ancient site of Vidisha: “…It is therefore not unlikely that this wheel may have represented the emblem of Vasudeva Vishnu.” The occurrence of this chakra-like wheel symbol on other coin types of Vidisha as well adds to the reliability of Handa’s suggestion. “SAVE HERITAGE SAVE COINS”